This section provides instructions on configuring the SolarisTM, Linux, and HP-UX operating systems to accept syslog alerts.
Add the appropriate facility to the syslog configuration file.
For example, to store all alerts using the USER facility, add the following line to /etc/syslog.conf:
user.info /var/adm/info
Here /var/adm/info is an example local directory in which messages will be stored. Ensure that /var/adm/info exists before continuing.
Restart the syslogd daemon.
Verify that messages are logged in syslog.
$ logger -p user.info "Test message" $ cat /var/adm/info Jun 19 17:18:38 host user: [ID 12345 user.info] Test message
Add the appropriate facility to the syslog configuration file.
For example, to store all alerts using the USER facility, add the following line to /etc/syslog.conf:
user.info /var/adm/info
Here /var/adm/info is an example local directory in which messages will be stored. Ensure that /var/adm/info exists before continuing.
Configure the syslogd daemon to run with the -r option.
This option allows syslogd to accept connections from the network. By default, the -r option is not set.
To set the -r option, add the following line to /etc/sysconfig/syslog:
SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m 0 -r"
If /etc/sysconfig/syslog does not exist, add the same line to /etc/init.d/syslog.
Restart the syslogd daemon.
$ /etc/init.d/syslog stop | start
Verify that messages are logged in syslog.
$ logger -p user.info "Test message" $ cat /var/adm/info Jun 19 17:18:38 host user: [ID 12345 user.info] Test message
Add the appropriate facility to the syslog configuration file.
For example, to store all alerts using the USER facility, add the following line to /etc/syslog.conf:
user.info /var/adm/info
Here /var/adm/info is an example local directory in which messages will be stored. Ensure that /var/adm/info exists before continuing.
Restart the syslogd daemon.
$ /sbin/init.d/syslogd stop | start
Verify that messages are logged in syslog.
$ logger -p user.info "Test message" $ cat /var/adm/info Jun 19 17:18:38 host user: [ID 12345 user.info] Test message