configuring syslog client and transfering log from windows xp

kpratik · 01-29-2011, 11:14 PM

how to configure a syslog client on ubuntu I don't have a syslog.conf file in ubunut client.also how to transfer log from windows xp to syslog server

goodhombre · 01-30-2011, 02:32 AM

Hi,

For Debian like distros (Ubuntu is one of them) syslog was replaced by rsyslog.
Config files for 4.2.0-2ubuntu8 rsyslog package are :

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/etc/rsyslog.d
/etc/logcheck/ignore.d.server/rsyslog
/etc/rsyslog.conf
/etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog
/etc/init/rsyslog.conf
/etc/init/dmesg.conf