I have not tried this, it is not tested, but an idea you could pursue:
syslogd can send messages either to a file (this is the common case), to another host or to a users terminal. For instance: to send all mail and daemon messages of priority crit and above to user xxx enter the following line into /etc/syslog.conf:
You could probably create an user account, have it run some script which waits for terminal input and does something according to the sort of input it receives. The create an entry in /etc/syslog.conf to have this user receive all the messages you want to track.
i don't know if you could specify several destinations so maybe your script will have to do the log writing syslog normally does by itself.
In any case i would be intereseted to hear your solution.
Hello,
I need a few information/explanation about system messages, syslog.conf file and syslogd daemon.
My problem is the following: I would like to log all system messages related to hardware problems into a particular file. For that, i have to add an entry in the syslog.conf file.
I know... (1 Reply)
Hi all
I have a RedHat Linux AS2.1 server that keep crashing/rebooting and there are no messages in the /var/log/messages file pointing to any problems. I had a look at the /etc/syslog.conf file to see what gets logged to /var/log/messages, but I don't know what else to add. Can anyone tell me... (1 Reply)
Has anyone here configured a central syslog server using syslog-ng ?
I have set one up and I'm trying to tune the syslog-ng.conf file, both for the server and the client. I have found lots of linux example files, but not much on Solaris which is slightly different.
So if you have a Solaris... (5 Replies)
i have this script which works fine but shows errors when it runs..these are more like warnings and the script runs fine.. i am on a sun machine.. i know it writes all the error messages to a master log file.. is there any way i can turn off these warnings/error messages and prevent them from being... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have a question on /etc/syslog.conf file in Solaris 10.
Below is a line taken from /etc/syslog.conf file and I know that the last field (operator) is where the logs gets outputted but how do I find out what the output file name format is going to be and which directory it gets outputted... (1 Reply)
Hello there,
Guys I've got an issue and I need a hint...I have to parse /etc/syslog.conf file (under solaris) and need to get all path accordingly to all logs configured in there.
Bellow it's my syslog.conf file. If anybody knows more about this please let me know. Thanks .
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Hi,
I would like to configure syslog linux client, syslog server is windows server.
so adding on linux client in /etc/syslog.conf @hostname will work in the place of directory location.
example of /etc/syslog.conf
# Log all kernel messages to the console.
# Logging much else clutters up... (2 Replies)
Hi Community
Which are the available entries to forward syslog in syslog.conf
i have put
*.err;kern.debug;daemon.notice;mail.crit;user.alert;user.emerg;kern.notice;auth.notice;kern.warning @172.16.200.50
and it's not going through.giving error message like below:
syslogd:... (2 Replies)
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syslog_evm.conf
syslog_evm.conf(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual syslog_evm.conf(4)NAME
syslog_evm.conf - EVM syslog subscription configuration file
SYNOPSIS
facility.priority
DESCRIPTION
The syslog_evm.conf file is a text file that specifies what syslog messages will be forwarded from the syslog daemon to the Event Manager,
EVM,in the form of EVM events. Those syslog messages are posted to the EVM daemon evmd by syslogd if the syslogd forwarding function is
turned on with the -e flag. Events are posted with the EVM name of sys.unix.syslog.facility-name.
This configuration file is read every time syslogd starts, or is restarted by a SIGHUP signal. If the file does not exist, or if it exists
but contains no subscription lines, no syslog messages will be posted to EVM.
Each line in the file controls the forwarding of one syslog event. Lines beginning with the # character are considered comments and are
ignored. Only one subscription per line is permitted. Mixing a subscription and a comment on the same line is not allowed.
Each line has the format facility.priority[+]. Specifies the part of the system that generated the message. Legal values are the follow-
ing: All messages. Messages generated by the kernel. Messages generated by user processes. Messages generated by the mail system. Mes-
sages generated by system daemons. Messages generated by the authorization system. Messages generated internal to the syslog system.
Messages generated by the line printer spooling system. Messages generated by the system news command. Messages generated by the UNIX to
UNIX copy system. Messages generated by the system clock daemon. Messages generated by remote file systems. Available for local use.
Indicates the priority of the message. If the priority is followed by a + character, events which are of the specified priority or higher
are forwarded; otherwise only events which exactly match the priority are forwarded.
The priority level must be one of the following: Forward messages of any priority. Forward messages of emergency priority. Forward
messages of alert priority. Forward messages of critical priority. Forward messages of error priority. Forward messages of warn-
ing priority. Forward messages of notice priority. Forward messages of information priority. Forward messages of debug priority.
EXAMPLES
This example causes syslogd to forward events to EVM as follows: All messages of emergency priority are forwarded. All messages generated
in the kernel which have a priority of info or greater are forwarded. All messages generated by users, by the mail subsystem or by the
system daemons which have a priority of info or greater are forwarded.
*.emerg kern.info+ user.notice+ mail.notice+ daemon.notice+
FILES
Location of the system logger configuration file. Location of the EVM syslog subscription configuration file. Location of the EVM logger
configuration file.
SEE ALSO
Commands: evmd(8), evmlogger(8), syslog(1), syslogd(8)
Routines: syslog(3)
Event Management: EVM(5)
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