[CentOS] Send syslog to a remote server

Sun May 24 23:16:31 UTC 2009
hce <webmail.hce at gmail.com>

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos at br-online.de> wrote:
> hce wrote:
>> The rsyslog.conf in FC 9 is much easy to be configured, just enable
>> the InputTCPServerRun and ModLoad. It is not the problem in FC 9
>> rsyslog server, it is the problem in CentOS syslog, no messages
>> sending to FC9 when I checked with tcpdump on port 514 on FC9.
>>
>> Has anyone made CentOS 5 syslog work to send messages to remote syslog
>> server? Or, I am wondering if it has never worked on CentOS 5?
>
> syslog or rsyslog?

Is the CentOS 5 running only for syslog? In my case, the remote server
is running rsyslog, but that the CentOS syslog should be able to talk
to RH9 rsyslog, right?

> Have you "tcpdumped" udp or tcp?

Tried both. Nothing coming from the CentOS messages on port 514.

Thank you.

Kind Regards.

jupiter