HP-UX Internet Services Administrator's Guide (May 2010)

With this configuration, all mail log messages at the debug level or higher are sent to

/var/adm/syslog/mail.log. Log messages from any facility at the information

level or higher (but no mail messages) are sent to /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log.

Log messages from any facility at the alert level or higher are sent to the console and

to any terminal where the superuser is logged in. All messages at the emergency level

or higher are sent to all users on the system.

For more information about syslogd and its configuration file, type man 3C syslog

or man 1M syslogd at the HP-UX prompt.

Maintaining System Log Files

The log files specified in your syslogd configuration can fill up your disk if you do

not monitor their size. To control the size of these files, do the following:

1. Remove or rename your log files as in the following example:

cd /var/adm/syslog

mv mail.log mail.log.old

mv syslog.log sylog.log.old

2. Restart syslogd with the following commands:

cd /sbin/init.d

syslogd stop

syslogd start

When you reboot your system, each log file is moved to filename.old automatically,

and new log files are started.

Configuring inetd Connection Logging

The inetd daemon logs connection requests through syslogd. It logs successful

connections at the information level and unsuccessful connection attempts at the

notice level. By default, inetd starts up with connection logging turned off.

If inetd is running with connection logging turned off, issue the following command

to invoke it:

/usr/sbin/inetd -l

If inetd is running with connection logging turned on, the same command turns it

off. For more information, type man 1M inetd at the HP-UX prompt.

Configuring ftpd Session Logging

To configure ftpd to log messages about an ftp session, including commands, logins,

1. Add the -l option to the ftp line in the /etc/inetd.conf file, as in the following

example:

ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l

2. Issue the following command to force inetd to read its configuration file:

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