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

[BitBucket <fil...@gm...>]

Got it now -- thanks. Just logging to local file with the '-l local0' 
option on the command line. OK for now.

-- Roy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christian Franke" <Chr...@t-...>
To: "BitBucket" <fil...@gm...>
Cc: <sma...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 0:03
Subject: Re: [smartmontools-support] How have smartd log to file instead 
of syslog


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