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Date:	Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:24:43 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: log to a remote syslogd
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On Oct 10 13:43, Jaime Saiz Santos wrote:
> >> Hi.
> >> Is it possible to log messages to a remote syslogd server?
> >> In theory it could be done by putting something like "*.*         
> >> @hostname" in /etc/syslog.conf.
> >
> >Why don't you just try?
> 
> 
> Sorry.
> I haven't said I have tried it before: it works for a local file, but it 
> does not work (for me) to a remote syslogd.
> So hence the question.
> 
> I've looked at previous posts about this issue, but they were more than 
> a year old, so I hoped the problem could be solved now.
> 
> I put "local1.*            @hostname" in syslog.conf
> 
> and then:
> 
> $ net stop syslogd
> $ net start syslogd
> $ logger -p local1.info Message to hostname
> 
> But I don't found the message anywere, nor in the local 
> /var/log/messages nor in the remote one.

You must allow logging from remote hosts on the target machine.  See the
syslogd -s option.  Remote logging from a Cygwin client syslogd to a
Linux syslogd works fine here.


Corinna

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