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+# rsyslog v3: load input modules
+# If you do not load inputs, nothing happens!
+# You may need to set the module load path if modules are not found.
+
+$ModLoad immark.so # provides --MARK-- message capability
+$ModLoad imuxsock.so # provides support for local system logging (e.g. via logger command)
+$ModLoad imklog.so # kernel logging (formerly provided by rklogd)
+
# Log all kernel messages to the console.
# Logging much else clutters up the screen.
#kern.* /dev/console
# Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher.
# Don't log private authentication messages!
-*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages
+*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none -/var/log/messages
# The authpriv file has restricted access.
authpriv.* /var/log/secure
@@ -14,13 +22,39 @@ mail.* -/var/log/maillog
# Log cron stuff
-cron.* /var/log/cron
+cron.* -/var/log/cron
# Everybody gets emergency messages
*.emerg *
# Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file.
-uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler
+uucp,news.crit -/var/log/spooler
# Save boot messages also to boot.log
local7.* /var/log/boot.log
+
+# Remote Logging (we use TCP for reliable delivery)
+# An on-disk queue is created for this action. If the remote host is
+# down, messages are spooled to disk and sent when it is up again.
+#$WorkDirectory /rsyslog/spool # where to place spool files
+#$ActionQueueFileName uniqName # unique name prefix for spool files
+#$ActionQueueMaxDiskSpace 1g # 1gb space limit (use as much as possible)
+#$ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on # save messages to disk on shutdown
+#$ActionQueueType LinkedList # run asynchronously
+#$ActionResumeRetryCount -1 # infinety retries if host is down
+# remote host is: name/ip:port, e.g. 192.168.0.1:514, port optional
+#*.* @@remote-host
+
+
+# ######### Receiving Messages from Remote Hosts ##########
+# TCP Syslog Server:
+# provides TCP syslog reception and GSS-API (if compiled to support it)
+#$ModLoad imtcp.so # load module
+# Note: as of now, you need to use the -t command line option to
+# enable TCP reception (e.g. -t514 to run a server at port 514/tcp)
+# This will change in later v3 releases.
+
+# UDP Syslog Server:
+#$ModLoad imudp.so # provides UDP syslog reception
+#$UDPServerRun 514 # start a UDP syslog server at standard port 514
+