[plug] iptables logging information

Colin Muller colin at twobluedots.com.au
Mon Jul 15 09:08:09 WST 2002


On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 12:32:02AM +0000, Jon L. Miller wrote:
> Does anyone know how to either separate the iptables logging information
> into a separate file other than /var/log/messages or if there is a
> utility that can extract this information out?

As far as I'm aware they'll always go wherever other kernel logging
messages go, because they come from the kernel. Open to correction on
that, though.

What you can do is specify a --log-prefix string so that you can
easily grep them in the log file. See man iptables for that.

Colin



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