Re: [smartmontools-support] How have smartd log to file instead of syslog

[Christian F. <Chr...@t-...>]

BitBucket wrote:
> 
> I inserted the option in smartd.conf, but got the below error from
> Windows 2003 Server system.  Reread the man page and couldn't find any
> man pages for syslog.syslog.conf,  syslogd,  and syslog. ...
> 

Windows does not provide a syslogd. The event log is very different.

To get syslog functionality, install Cygwin. The Cygwin versions of
syslogd and smartd can both be run as a Windows service.

Cheers,
Christian