Re: [cobalt-security] syslog.conf Settings

[Mike Vanecek <nospam99@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 04 Nov 2000 21:21:00 -0800, "James Hoaggs" <james_hoaggs@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

:>Where do people log their "*.emerg" messages in syslog.conf
:> if there is not a second computer to log them, since the default
:> is "*" or none?  Is is good place make a file like this?:
:> *.emerg                 /var/log/emergency
:>  and have them logged there? Also, where are all daemons other than
:>mail, uucp, and kernel log facilities being logged?; can we just add
:>them to the messages and seperate daemon file as this? :
:> *.info; mail,ftp,daemon,authpriv.none           /var/log/messages
:> daemon.info                                     /var/log/daemon
:>
:> Lastly, has anyone changed all the log files permissions'
:> to root and belonging to the wheel group as follows? :
:>
:> chown root.wheel /var/log/*
:> chmod 600 /var/log/*

I have done this. BTW, do not forget to set up log rotation or the added logs
will grow without limit.