Administrator Guide

• 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 syslog server by specifying the server, use the following command.
• 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 | hostname}
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/ftos.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.
Track Login Activity
Dell Networking OS enables you to track the login activity of users and view the successful and unsuccessful login events.
When you log in using the console or VTY line, the system displays the last successful login details of the current user and the number of
unsuccessful login attempts since your last successful login to the system, and whether the current user’s permissions have changed since
the last login. The system stores the number of unsuccessful login attempts that have occurred in the last 30 days by default. You can
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