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On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 23:11:15 -0600, Dan Egli wrote: |
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> Before I seek out a mailing list for syslog-ng, I was hoping I could |
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> get some tips from people here. I recently started trying to separate |
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> logs into various functions rather than letting everything go to |
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> /var/log/messages. So I created three filters in syslog-ng. One is |
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> intended to separate sshd messages, one to separate samba messages, and |
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> the other to say "everything ELSE". The problem I seem to be having is |
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> that the everything ELSE log still shows things that should have been |
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> removed! For example, when I login via ssh I get identical notification |
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> in the /var/log/messages and in /var/sshd/sshd.log. So I'm lost. I'm |
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> including my syslog-ng.conf. Perhaps someone here can tell me what I'm |
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> doing wrong. |
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> filter samba { program("samba"); }; |
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> filter ssh_messages { facility("AUTH") and level("INFO"); }; |
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> filter syslog { not filter("ssh_messages") and not filter("samba"); }; |
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Shouldn't this be an or? You are filtering out anything that is in both |
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groups, which will be a very small set of messages. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Ralph's Observation - It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object |
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to realize that you are in a hurry. |
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