Syslog - How To - Logging remote events etc.

[DanInSFBay]

I just thought I'd post a short HowTo since this forum has helped me so much. I'd like to thank all those who created these various help posts.
I'm using 10.3.6

First turn on remote sysloging:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107993
Note:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/syslogd.8.html

Then open UDP port 514 if required:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106439

Configure syslog.conf to log the events into a log file:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040301223642276
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=21236

My example:

In syslog.conf, above the first log line:
*.err;kern.*;auth.notice; (blah blah)

add the folowing lines:

# Log remote Airport Extreme
#airport IP address
+1.2.3.4
*.*<tab><tab>/var/log/AirportExtreme.log
!* #end block

# Log router
#remote router IP address
+1.2.3.5
*.*<tab><tab>/var/log/Router.log
!* #end block

#OS X Server services
# IPFW Firewall
!ipfw
*.*<tab><tab>/var/log/ipfw.log
!* #end block

#CRON events (NOTE CASE)
!CRON
*.*<tab><tab>/var/log/RemoteFirewall.log
!* #end block

(etc.)

You can then exclude the log messages so they don't appear in other logs (I don't) using:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=25815&highlight=syslog

Remember to create (touch) the above log files.
You may want to modify your daily and weekly log rotation:
Ex. in 500.weekly look for this line and add your log file names:
for i in ftp.log lookupd.log (blah blah)

Again, the true authors:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=21236 --> send IPFW to its own log
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040301223642276 --> how to receive from remote hosts
http://www.oit.duke.edu/mac/OSX_logging.html --> Start and Stop syslogd and etc.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107993 --> Turn on remote syslog server
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=25815&highlight=syslog --> exclude log events

and most important the missing OS X syslog.conf man page!

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=syslog.conf&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html

I hope this helps...

[muppetmaster]

Well done! I was looking for this exact info!

[nob]

Did you figure out how to set this up in 10.4?

In my /etc/rc script there is no entry for syslogd

update:

http://www.aaronadams.net/index.php/2005/06/02/configuring_syslogd_to_accept_logs_from

works like a charm with my new zywall5