Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Configure Syslog Server on your Linux Device

It is very easy to configure Syslog server on your linux device. Follow the steps ....

1. Check Services syslog, xinetd and portmap on your linux device

2. Check config on services

$ chkconfig xinetd on
$ chkconfig portmap on

3. Check the status

$ service xinetd status
$ service portmap status

4. Edit syslog file from /etc/sysconfig/syslog

Locate SYSLOGD_OPTION on syslogfile
add -r
SYSLOGD_OPTION="-r -m 0"

5. SAve and give a restart to service syslog

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