Re: Logging IPTables to file using syslogd

[Harry Putnam <reader@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Duane Dunston <duane@sukkha.info> writes:

> Depending on the distro you are using the syslogd daemon doesn't 
> understand the "space" between the syslog facility and action. The "-" is 
> used for it to understand the difference between the facility and 
> action.  Else it will think "kern.*" and "/var/log/newfile" is this: 
> "kern.*/var/log/newfile" which is not a valid syslog facility.

Oh.. thanks.  Hadn't run into that myself so didn't recognize the
syntax.

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