Re[2]: 2 newb questions

> Hexren wrote:

>>>Check out freshports.org for the information on ports.  It contains
>>>everything you want and gives pretty simple instructions.
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>>>I couldn't tell you about the logs but I am sure someone will.
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>>>On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:10:24 +0100, Anon <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>>Hi im running freebsd 5.3 and I have some questions:
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>>>>1. how do I log ssh login attempts to a file? say /var/log/auth I have
>>>>read syslogd man page and I dont get it at all
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>>>>2. how do I get some kind of a system that "warns" me when a port is old
>>>>(there is a new in cvs database), example: I want to get an email when a
>>>>new version of the port "firefox" comes out
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>>>>Thank you in advance for the answers!
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>>My feeling is that the default install already logs everything that
>>has to do with auth to /var/log/auth.log.
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>>"auth.info;authpriv.info                         /var/log/auth.log"
>>line in /etc/syslog conf defines to where that login information is
>>sent.
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>>Hexren
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> dear hexren,

> it seems as it only logs local connections
> not su's (I wanna loog that too)
> but only local logins as root!

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I don't know if you can costumize the loging so much. In your position
I would write a script to analyze the log files and pipe the syslog
output through that script.
"auth.info;authpriv.info                         | analyze.pl"
I am not shure if the syntax is correct read man syslog.

Hexren

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