On Sat, Dec 03, 2011 at 06:21:25PM +0100, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Am 03.12.2011 00:04, schrieb fred smith: > > I've got my router using syslog on my centos box to log the router's > > system events. Works fine. > > > > however, it mixes 'em into /var/log/messages along with the messages > > from the Centos box itself. > > > > is there a way to separate them into itsown (set of??) files? So far > > I've not come up with anything. > > Every syslog daemon I know of (even good old syslogd classic) is able > to direct messages to different files depending on their facility and > priority. Most routers send their messages with one of the "local" > facilities (local0 .. local7), though it's frequently neither > documented nor configurable, at least with the cheap consumer grade > models. OTOH, on a typical CentOS system little else uses the local* > facility. So chances are if you configure your syslog daemon to log > all of the local* facilities to a file /var/log/router and not to > /var/log/messages you'll end up with just the router messages in > /var/log/router. > > HTH thanks, Tilman, it may well be of help. I'll check that out. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) -----------------------------