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Old 06-09-2007, 12:20 PM   #1
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Getting SELinux to allow remote syslog messages


Hi All

I've been banging my head against the wall with regards to an issue that I have with enabling my router to send syslog messages to my Fedora Core 6 box. I've modified the /etc/syslog.conf file and the daemon has written the log file I need to /var/log/ but from the results of a sniff I'm getting the following ICMP message being sent back to the router:

18:09:42.012030 IP 172.16.1.6 > 172.16.1.1: ICMP host 172.16.1.6 unreachable - admin prohibited, length 132

I'm a bit new to SELinux so if anyone knows how to get around this I'd be most greatful
 
Old 06-09-2007, 12:30 PM   #2
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How embarassing... just typed

# netstat -tunap | grep 514

... and this returned no results - sorry! :-/
 
Old 06-09-2007, 12:49 PM   #3
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Right then...

Sorry about that, this actually had nothing to do with SELinux. It was a bit of a newbie classic, I had to allow syslog in the firewall (allowed syslog:udp in Lokkit) as well as modifying the following line in /etc/sysconfig/syslog :

SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m 0 -r -x"

... and now it works a treat!
 
Old 07-13-2007, 06:16 PM   #4
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Right then...

Sorry about that, this actually had nothing to do with SELinux. It was a bit of a newbie classic, I had to allow syslog in the firewall (allowed syslog:udp in Lokkit) as well as modifying the following line in /etc/sysconfig/syslog :

SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m 0 -r -x"

... and now it works a treat!

Thank you. It worked like a charm.
 
  


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