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Update the IPMON section by making it suitable for 5.X (and reference

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4.X for people still using 4.X).

PR:			docs/79543
Submitted by:		<fbsd_user at a1poweruser dot com>
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Remko Lodder 2005-05-08 12:45:29 +00:00
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00 
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@ -766,10 +766,11 @@ ipnat_rules="/etc/ipnat.rules" # rules definition file for ipnat</programlist
<para><application>Syslogd</application> uses its own special
method for segregation of log data. It uses special groupings
called <quote>facility</quote> and <quote>level</quote>. IPMON
in <option>-Ds</option> mode uses <literal>local0</literal> as
the <quote>facility</quote> name. All IPMON logged data goes
to <literal>local0</literal>. The following levels can be used
to further segregate the logged data if desired:</para>
in <option>-Ds</option> mode uses <literal>security</literal>
(<literal>local0</literal>in 4.X) as the <quote>facility</quote>
name. All IPMON logged data goes to <literal>security</literal>
(<literal>local0</literal>in 4.X). The following levels can be
used to further segregate the logged data if desired:</para>
<screen>LOG_INFO - packets logged using the "log" keyword as the action rather than pass or block.
LOG_NOTICE - packets logged which are also passed
@ -791,12 +792,19 @@ LOG_ERR - packets which have been logged and which can be considered short</scre
by software applications like IPF.</para>
<para>Add the following statement to
<filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename>:</para>
<filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename> for &os; 5.X and
later:</para>
<programlisting>security.* /var/log/ipfilter.log</programlisting>
<para>Or add the following statement to
<filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename> for &os; 4.X:</para>
<programlisting>local0.* /var/log/ipfilter.log</programlisting>
<para>The <literal>local0.*</literal> means to write all the
logged messages to the coded file location.</para>
<para>The <literal>security.*</literal> (<literal>local0</literal>
for 4.X) means to write all the logged messages to the coded
file location.</para>
<para>To activate the changes to <filename>/etc/syslog.conf
</filename> you can reboot or bump the syslog task into