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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat syslog configuration and log lvl Post 302502626 by chipmunken on Tuesday 8th of March 2011 01:04:15 PM
Old 03-08-2011
syslog configuration and log lvl
Hello
I was getting hammered in /var/log/messages from snmpd becouse it was running a jira which was sending email everytime someone updated a case or made any changes.
Therefor I decided to turn down the loglvl of snmpd, so what I did was add
Code:
snmpd.notice;

to

Code:
 [root@jira ~]# cat /etc/syslog.conf
# Log all kernel messages to the console.
# Logging much else clutters up the screen.
#kern.*                                                 /dev/console

# Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher.
# Don't log private authentication messages!
*.info;snmpd.notice;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none           /var/log/messages

From googeling I am under the impression that setting log lvl to notice will give me notice and all lvls above to /var/log/messages. err, crit and so on...

After editing I did
Code:
[root@jira ~]# service syslog restart
Shutting down kernel logger:                               [  OK  ]
Shutting down system logger:                               [  OK  ]
Starting system logger:                                    [  OK  ]
Starting kernel logger:                                    [  OK  ]

Now here is a something I'am a bit worried about
After restarting syslogd
This is my last entrie in messages:
Code:
Mar  8 16:17:58 jira kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.
Mar  8 16:17:58 jira kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.
Mar  8 16:18:00 jira exiting on signal 15

Now little over two hours later there are no new entries in the /var/log/messages. This could be fine since messages was basically filled with snmpd messages and nothing more. Just that those last three entries got me a bit nervus. Any thoughts on this? Is there a smooth way to send a test message to syslog from terminal or something to just see if everything is as it should?
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

snmptrapfmt

SNMPTRAPFMT(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    SNMPTRAPFMT(8)

NAME

       snmptrapfmt - Receive and log SNMP trap messages from a trap handler.

SYNOPSIS

       snmptrapfmt [-d num] [-D] [-f cfgfile]

DESCRIPTION

       Snmptrapfmt  receives  SNMP trap data through a local pipe. The trap data is written to this pipe by a SNMP trap handler which is called by
       snmptrapd (configuration is done in /etc/snmp/snmptrapd.conf) during the installation if this package.  Snmptrapfmt  formats  the  received
       trap  data  according to the specifications in the configuration file /etc/snmp/snmptrapfmt.conf (see this file for the syntax). The output
       of the snmptrapfmt application may be written to a log file or forwarded to the syslog daemon.

       The option -d 1 should be specified to enable tracing. Trace information is then written to the file /var/tmp/snmptrapfmt.trc.

       If the option -f cfgfile is given, the output of the daemon is configured via the mentioned configuration file. If this option is not spec-
       ified, a default output format is used.

       If the option -D is given, the the program will daemonize into the background.

       The syntax of the configuration file is explained in /etc/snmp/snmptrapfmt.conf !

FILES

       /etc/init.d/snmptrapfmt is the start/stop script.

       /etc/snmp/snmptrapfmt.conf is the configuration file.

       /var/run/snmptrapfmt.pid is the PID file.

       /etc/snmp/snmptrapd.conf is the configuration file of the snmptrapd daemon, which calls the trap handler snmptrapfmthdlr.

       /usr/sbin/snmptrapfmt is the executable of the application.

       /usr/sbin/snmptrapfmthdlr is the executable of the trap handler.

       /var/run/snmptrapfmt.p is the communication pipe between the trap handler snmptrapfmthdlr and the formatter snmptrapfmt.

       /var/tmp/snmptrapfmt.trc is the trace file if the option -d is specified.

       /var/log/snmptrapfmt.log is the log file as specified in the configuration file.

SEE ALSO

       snmptrapfmthdlr(8), syslog(8), variables(5), RFC 1155, RFC 1156, RFC 1157, SNMP Security Internet Drafts

4th Berkeley Distribution					 19 DECEMBER 2002						    SNMPTRAPFMT(8)
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