Re: Using syslogd more efficiently

[Erek Adams <erek () theadamsfamily net>]

On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Pauling wrote:

> I've been trying to do this for a while, but to no success,
> I like the output format that the syslogd output comes in, but I don't
> want it to dump to /var/log/messages
>
> Anybody here know how to configure this so that snort messages go to a
> different log file?

Yep.

Change the log level and facility in snort.conf [0], then setup that level
and facility to go to a file, by editing /etc/syslog.conf [1].

Cheers!

-----
Erek Adams
Nifty-Type-Guy
TheAdamsFamily.Net


[0]     http://www.snort.org/docs/writing_rules/chap2.html#tth_sEc2.5.1
[1]     man syslog.conf



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