If you want to know what applications are posting some 'wildcard' entries can help with that.
Below I have commented out all applications at 'debug' level - which is everything. Instead I collect everything at info level - except for local4 (which is used by ipsec logging) - I leave that one at debug level.
Looking at the combined log you can see which facility is concerned, as well as the severity of the message. From this you can decide how to accommodate different facilities in separate files and/or with differing severity.
Code:
michael@x071:[/var/log/syslog]tail blockip.log
Jul 8 09:00:00 x071 mail:warn|warning sendmail[8913086]: gethostbyaddr(IPv6:::1) failed: 1
Jul 8 09:00:00 x071 mail:info sendmail[8913086]: t689004j8913086: from=daemon, size=1131, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<201507080900.t689004j8913086@aixtools.com>, relay=root@localhost
Jul 8 09:00:00 x071 mail:info sendmail[9371720]: t689004j8913086: to=michael, ctladdr=daemon (1/1), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=121131, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
Jul 8 09:00:10 x071 user:info syslog: /etc/ifconfig -a
Jul 8 09:00:28 x071 auth|security:info sshd[5964030]: Accepted publickey for michael from 192.168.129.5 port 64940 ssh2: DSA SHA256:eOZ7yejpirXRJDLw99kR2AzZzuj/o/KNJGd9r70EHds
Jul 8 09:04:57 x071 mail:info pop3d[9109536]: Moved 1407 bytes of new mail to /home/michael/mbox from /var/spool/mail/michael host= x005.home.local [192.168.129.5]
Jul 8 09:04:57 x071 mail:info pop3d[9109536]: Auth user=michael host=x005.home.local [192.168.129.5] nmsgs=1/1
Jul 8 09:04:57 x071 mail:info pop3d[9109536]: Logout user=michael host=x005.home.local [192.168.129.5] nmsgs=0 ndele=1
Jul 8 09:09:33 x071 auth|security:crit su: BAD SU from michael to root at /dev/pts/1
Jul 8 09:09:38 x071 auth|security:notice su: from michael to root at /dev/pts/1
Finally, an easy way to know how syslog is currently running is the command
Hello,
I need a few explanation about the log files for system messages:
/var/adm/messages and
/var/log/syslog.
As /var/adm/messages is empty on my machine, i need help.
First, i would like to know what the difference between these 2 files is? Do they contain different kinds of system... (3 Replies)
Hi all,
I am trying to get the authentication logs of FTP,Telnet,SSH,inetd from the syslog file. But my output for every type of authentications - success & failure keep differing everytime i view them.
The output does not show the priority code (emerg, or 0, in any case). How do I get the... (0 Replies)
We have had an issue where the mail file filled up. Is there a setting in sendmail.cf to automatically remove old emails? Say after 14 days. If not is there any way automatically to delete older mail files?? (1 Reply)
Hi,
i'm trying to configure /etc/syslog.conf for log user access.
In debian i add:
auth,authpriv.* @serverName
I don't know the correct Aix syntax for syslog :(
My @serverName get the log successfully..
I need to log correct/incorrect login attempts.
Thanks (5 Replies)
Due to a project I'm currently tasked with I'm spending my time trying to find a way to forward the syslog to a remote, in this case Red Hat, server and squeezing it into a SQL DB.
Rsyslog is doing this job quite nicely for most of our test-servers, but I couldn't find any reliable information on... (1 Reply)
How could we derive teh Next month in MON-RR format from current date ie sysdate in UNI AIX sheel script.I coould get a command but i supports only inLinux susse andnotin AIX.
I need for Unix AIX.Pls Help.
Regards
Shiv (2 Replies)
Hello,
Could you please check the below errors. I found these errors in AIX LPAR syslogs.
auth|security:err|error sshd error: Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
daemon:err|error syslog: slp: 0660-059 Impossible to get local interface for distant address 10.x.x.x. errno... (2 Replies)
Dear all experts,
I would like to know where can I find the hostname located as when I receive the syslog, I can only see as below : (showing in localhost instead of the hostname)
Feb 6 15:31:31 localhost syslog:info syslogd: restart
Feb 6 15:31:50 localhost syslog:info syslogd: restart
Feb... (13 Replies)
Hi everyone,
I am trying to configure AIX 6.1 using syslogd to send syslog event to syslog server configured on RHEL. However, RHEL never receives the events.
I have tried to redirect the syslog event on AIX to a local file and successful. Only forwarding to remote server fails.
Firewall... (10 Replies)
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net::server::log::sys::syslog
Net::Server::Log::Sys::Syslog(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Net::Server::Log::Sys::Syslog(3pm)NAME
Net::Server::Log::Sys::Syslog - log via Syslog
SYNOPSIS
use base qw(Net::Server::PreFork);
__PACKAGE__->run(
log_file => 'Sys::Syslog',
syslog_ident => 'myapp',
);
DESCRIPTION
This module provides Sys::Syslog logging to the Net::Server system.
CONFIGURATION
log_file
To begin using Sys::Syslog logging, simply set the Net::Server log_file configuration parameter to "Sys::Syslog".
If the magic name "Sys::Syslog" is used, all logging will take place via the Sys::Syslog module. If syslog is used the parameters
"syslog_logsock", "syslog_ident", and "syslog_logopt",and "syslog_facility" may also be defined.
syslog_logsock
Only available if "log_file" is equal to "Sys::Syslog". May be either unix, inet, native, console, stream, udp, or tcp, or an arrayref
of the types to try. Default is "unix" if the version of Sys::Syslog < 0.15 - otherwise the default is to not call setlogsock.
See Sys::Syslog.
syslog_ident
Only available if "log_file" is equal to "Sys::Syslog". Id to prepend on syslog entries. Default is "net_server". See Sys::Syslog.
syslog_logopt
Only available if "log_file" is equal to "Sys::Syslog". May be either zero or more of "pid","cons","ndelay","nowait". Default is
"pid". See Sys::Syslog.
syslog_facility
Only available if "log_file" is equal to "Sys::Syslog". See Sys::Syslog and syslog. Default is "daemon".
DEFAULT ARGUMENTS FOR Net::Server
The following arguments are available in the default "Net::Server" or "Net::Server::Single" modules. (Other personalities may use
additional parameters and may optionally not use parameters from the base class.)
Key Value Default
## syslog parameters (if log_file eq Sys::Syslog)
syslog_logsock (native|unix|inet|udp
|tcp|stream|console) unix (on Sys::Syslog < 0.15)
syslog_ident "identity" "net_server"
syslog_logopt (cons|ndelay|nowait|pid) pid
syslog_facility w+ daemon
METHODS
"initialize"
This method is called during the initilize_logging method of Net::Server. It returns a single code ref that will be stored under the
log_function property of the Net::Server object. That code ref takes log_level and message as arguments and calls the initialized
log4perl system.
"handle_log_error"
This method is called if the log_function fails for some reason. It is passed the Net::Server object, the error that occurred while
logging and an arrayref containing the log level and the message. In turn, this calls the legacy Net::Server::handle_syslog_error
method.
LICENCE
Distributed under the same terms as Net::Server
perl v5.14.2 2013-11-28 Net::Server::Log::Sys::Syslog(3pm)