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From: gpalmer@webspan.net (Gary Palmer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Firewall logging?
Date: 24 Nov 1996 09:00:44 GMT
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In article <mvhE1BwBL.JL9@netcom.com>,
	mvh@netcom.com (Michael Harding) writes:
> Ok, I compiled in the IP_FIREWALL option, and have tested it out.  Is
> there any way to log anything other than to the console?  It looks
> like this code just uses printf - Does printf from the kernel just
> show up on the main console, or can I log it somehow??? I was going to
> try to gather some internet statistics...

Kernel `printf()' calls are logged to /var/log/messages, or wherever
else you want to put the kernel.* log messages. (Sorry, I can't
remember what log level they use)

Gary