Ubuntu
sysklogd package

  1. Bug #26986
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 26986

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Peter Cherriman (pjcherriman) wrote : Re: Remote syslog logging (parameter order crucial)

Same version as my ubuntu pc (dapper)

pjc@ubuntu:~$ dpkg -s sysklogd |grep Version
Version: 1.4.1-17ubuntu7

pjc@ubuntu:~$ diff /etc/init.d/sysklogd /etc/init.d/sysklogd.dpkg-dist
15c15
< SYSLOGD="-u syslog -r"
---
> SYSLOGD="-u syslog"

Extract from /etc/syslog.conf:
# Logging ADSL router
local0.* /var/log/adslrouter-firewall.log
local1.* -/var/log/adslrouter-vpn.log
local2.* -/var/log/adslrouter-user.log
local3.* -/var/log/adslrouter-call.log
local4.* -/var/log/adslrouter-wan.log
local5.* -/var/log/adslrouter-adsl.log
local0,local1,local2,local3,local4,local5.* -/var/log/adslrouter.log

I've justed checked and while I was seeing syslog entries (for the current day) from a remote device (my ADSL router) but data seems to be missing after the firewall started.

When I checked further, and found that the firestarter firewall was now blocking the syslog udp packets, when the breezy version didn't.

When I enable a firewall rule for the syslog packets from the ADSL router, my syslog started working fully again.