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Re: managing syslog



This one time, at band camp, Frode Haugsgjerd said:
> syslog.conf don't work as a filter (check line for line, stop at first match)
> like iptables or sisco accesslists do. 
> If you stil got the default catch all ine:
> *.*;auth,authpriv.none          -/var/log/syslog
> in syslog.conf, the messsages goes there too.

This was the kick in the head I needed, thanks.  Changing that line to 
*.*;auth,authpriv.none,local7.none          -/var/log/syslog
works as expected now.

Thanks again,
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