Administrator Guide

Conguration Task List for System Log Management
There are two conguration tasks for system log management:
• Disabling System Logging
• Sending System Messages to a Syslog Server
Disabling System Logging
By default, logging is enabled and log messages are sent to the logging buer, all terminal lines, the console, and the syslog servers.
To disable system logging, use the following commands.
• Disable all logging except on the console.
CONFIGURATION mode
no logging on
• Disable logging to the logging buer.
CONFIGURATION mode
no logging buffer
• Disable logging to terminal lines.
CONFIGURATION mode
no logging monitor
• Disable console logging.
CONFIGURATION mode
no logging console
Sending System Messages to a Syslog Server
To send system messages to a specied syslog server, use the following command. The following syslog standards are supported: RFC
5424 The SYSLOG Protocol, R. Gerhards and Adiscon GmbH, March 2009, obsoletes RFC 3164 and RFC 5426 Transmission of Syslog
messages over UDP.
• Specify the server to which you want to send system messages. You can congure up to eight syslog servers.
CONFIGURATION mode
logging {ip-address | ipv6–address |hostname} {{udp {port}} | {tcp {port}}}
Conguring a UNIX System as a Syslog Server
To congure a UNIX System as a syslog server, use the following command.
• Congure a UNIX system as a syslog server by adding the following lines to /etc/syslog.conf on the UNIX system and assigning write
permissions to the le.
• Add line on a 4.1 BSD UNIX system. local7.debugging /var/log/log7.log
• Add line on a 5.7 SunOS UNIX system. local7.debugging /var/adm/ftos.log
In the previous lines, local7 is the logging facility level and debugging is the severity level.
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