[Nagiosplug-help] NRPE logging question

[Hari Sekhon]

Lee Scott wrote:
> I have searched for this and I can't seem to find an answer anywhere.  Not
> sure if this is the correct place to ask or not but here goes.
>
> Is there a way to get NRPE to log to a seperate file instead of using
> syslog?
>
> I know I could configure say local7 to a seperate file or something but the
> main messages could still be captured by the main syslog file.  I am trying
> to apease my boss as he is complaining about the contant connection
> messages in syslog.  Personally I could care less as I like to see the
> connections logged but oh well.
>
> Anyway, does anyone have an idea?
>   
Use syslog-ng. Filter by program, that's what I do, very tidy.

Classic syslog sucks. Syslog-ng is a world above it.

Anything that doesn't log to syslog is lame.

-h

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Hari Sekhon