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I want to create a syslog for my Windows XP, i want to obtain syslog events through wireless access point and at the same time i don't have much more information how to create syslog events, i would really appreciate if any one can help me out with this issue.
SYSLOG is a implementation of Windows syslog daemon. Windows Services for Unix contains of syslogd daemon that can forward messages to Unix LOGHOST.it also has standard syslog daemon which is capable of writing and sending mails to Windows users, this would be totally depend upon it's severity.
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For creating your SYSLOG server you can use Kiwi Log Server because it easy to set up and configure, Kiwi Syslog Server receives, logs, displays, and forwards syslog messages from network devices and at the same time actions can be performed on received messages and messages can be filtered by host name, host IP address, priority, message text or time of day.For downloading syslog software click on Download.
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I am not able to see forward any messages to user and at the same time i had also check in it's default location that is /etc/syslog.conf
Try to write down the following file in /etc/syslog.conf and now you would be able to send message to user.
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/etc/syslog.conf
RCSid = $Id: syslog.conf,v 1.8 1999/07/21 18:08:25 mark Exp $
*.err;kern.*;auth.notice;authpriv.none;mail.crit /dev/console
*.notice;*.info;authpriv,ftp.none;kern.debug;mail.crit /var/adm/log/messages
mail.* /var/adm/log/mail
ftp.* /var/adm/log/ftp
lpr.info /var/adm/log/lpr
uucp.info /var/adm/log/uucp
news.* /var/adm/log/news
daemon.* /var/adm/log/daemon
authpriv.* /var/adm/log/secure
*.emerg *
*.alert <DOMAIN>+Administrator
*.err,authpriv.none <DOMAIN>+Administrator
*.notice;auth.debug <DOMAIN>+Administrator