Re: Ynt: howto separate isakmpd syslogs into another file

On 12/30/21 04:40, Hayri Can KAVAK wrote:
> Thanks Martijn; it worked by creating these files.
> ________________________________
> Gönderen: Martijn van Duren <openbsd+misc@list.imperialat.at> adına owner-misc@openbsd.org <owner-misc@openbsd.org>
> Gönderildi: 30 Aralık 2021 Perşembe 12:46
> Kime: Hayri Can KAVAK <hayricankavak@hotmail.com>; misc@openbsd.org <misc@openbsd.org>
> Konu: Re: howto separate isakmpd syslogs into another file
>
> On Thu, 2021-12-30 at 08:59 +0000, Hayri Can KAVAK wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to separate isakmpd/ipsec logs to another file instead of /var/log/messages.
>> Here my config at the top of /etc/syslog.conf
>> !!isakmpd
>> daemon.info /var/log/ipsec_info.log
>> daemon.debug /var/log/ipsec_debug.log
>> !*
>>
>> I restarted syslogd & isakmpd but nothing changed. It still logs to /var/log/messages.
>> How can i achieve this?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> The files /var/log/ipsec_{info,debug}.log need to exist before logging
> to them (and loaded in by sending SIGHUP to syslog(8)). syslogd(8) will
> not try to create the files. From syslogd(8):
>
> The logfiles already have to exist with the correct permissions.
>
>
> The default syslog.conf doesn't write messages for DAEMON to
> /var/log/messages, they should end up in /var/log/daemon. But without
> seeing your full syslog.conf I can't say what's going on there.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> martijn@
>


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