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    Where are the log files kept?

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      naughtyusmaximus
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      I'm having a really hard time figuring out where I can grab the log files out of my pfsense HD.  I don't see them in the normal /var/log location, is there somewhere else I should look?

      Thanks!

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      • GruensFroeschliG
        GruensFroeschli
        last edited by

        please try to use the search: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?action=search
        keywords: "store log"

        ( http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,7793.0.html )

        We do what we must, because we can.

        Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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          naughtyusmaximus
          last edited by

          I tried searching, apparently my mind and the computer hive think in different ways.

          I have to say that if pfSense doesn't store logs to HD that there should be some notification of this on the GUI.  I've just essentially wasted a weekend of war games because I didn't want to use a remote log server that could be hacked easier than pfsense.

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          • GruensFroeschliG
            GruensFroeschli
            last edited by

            Did you even read the thread i posted???

            I replace syslog by syslog-ng, work great.
            i have made a script who send the logs by e-mail, and rotate the log.
            the logs are stored on the pfsense hdd, and i think, they could be sent in external hdd or similar.

            We do what we must, because we can.

            Asking questions the smart way: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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