Re: [Firestarter-user] Change log file

[Paul D. <pd...@ci...>]

On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 09:05, Tyler Longren wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In slackware, firewall hits are logged to /var/adm/syslog
> (/var/log/syslog) by default instead of the typical /var/log/messages. 
> Is there any way I can change firestarter to read firewall hits from
> /var/adm/syslog instead of /var/log/messages?
> 
> I've looked through /usr/local/etc/firestarter/firewall.sh, but there's
> no place there to specify the location of the firewall hit log.

Usually, this is best altered by editing the /etc/syslog.conf file (or
slackware derivative thereof) and changing the reference from
/var/adm/syslog to /var/log/messages

Regards,

Paul