syslog problems

Andrew Haskell <[email protected]> Fri, 15 Aug 2003 13:40:38 +1000
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I'm having an odd problem with the syslog.

I'm trying to log messages from a cisco 2600 series router.
I'm already logging messages from a PIX and that works fine.

Using a packet sniffer I can see the upd packets going from the router to
the linux box, but once they hit the linux box they just vanish. In a week
I've had 1 entry into the 2600.log file.

To check that the 2600.log actually logs data i've used *.*
/var/log/2600.log and it logs entries as expected, well everything but the
2600 messages.

syslog.conf entries of the two cisco devices

local4.*			/var/log/PIX.log
local5.*			/var/log/2600.log

I've set the 2600 to use faciltiy local5 and using a syslog on another
machine I can recieve the log messages that I'm expecting.
But I get nothing on the linux machine. I know the udp packet are getting
their, and that syslog is setup to listen on port 514/udp and it is
listening (the pix.log entry works).

Has anyone ever experienced anything similar? or does anyone have an idea on
whats going wrong?

Regards
Andrew

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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I'm having an odd problem with the =
syslog.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I'm trying to log messages from a =
cisco 2600 series router.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I'm already logging messages from a =
PIX and that works fine.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Using a packet sniffer I can see the =
upd packets going from the router to the linux box, but once they hit =
the linux box they just vanish. In a week I've had 1 entry into the =
2600.log file.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">To check that the 2600.log actually =
logs data i've used *.* /var/log/2600.log and it logs entries as =
expected, well everything but the 2600 messages.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">syslog.conf entries of the two cisco =
devices</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">local4.*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /var/log/PIX.log</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">local5.*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /var/log/2600.log</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">I've set the 2600 to use faciltiy =
local5 and using a syslog on another machine I can recieve the log =
messages that I'm expecting.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">But I get nothing on the linux =
machine. I know the udp packet are getting their, and that syslog is =
setup to listen on port 514/udp and it is listening (the pix.log entry =
works).</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Has anyone ever experienced anything =
similar? or does anyone have an idea on whats going wrong?</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Regards</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Andrew</FONT>
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