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Re: correct "Debian" way to log iptables to seperate file



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On 06/19/08 00:16, JW wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Iptables is annoying me by:
> 
> 1) printing logs to the console
> 
> 2) filling my /var/log/messages up with the same logs, which then get picked 
> up and uselessly emailed to me by logcheck and logwatch.
> 
> Of course all the logging is controlled by syslog, not iptables.
> 
> What I really want is for those logs (which are not worthy of 
> their "kernel.warning" status) to go to their own file.
> 
> Google searching has turned up dozens of possible options, all of which seem 
> like rather untidy hacks.
> 
> What's the "right" way to do it?

Use the system logger.  You're probably using the default, sysklogd,
and it's control file /etc/syslog.conf.

So, study up on it, particularly "$ man 5 syslog.conf", and Google
from there.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

"Kittens give Morbo gas.  In lighter news, the city of New New
York is doomed."
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