hosts File loghost Entry

[Michael42]

What is the purpose of the "loghost" entry in the hosts file?

Thanks Michael

 

[jad]

it's to do with syslog'ing i think ... can't be sure, but it seems likely.

 

[xkjdhdg]

Just as you define a system called mailhost to handle mail relaying, you can define a system called loghost in the /etc/hosts file to hold all logs for an entire NIS domain. The system log is supported by the syslogd program. You can specify a loghost in the Hosts database. If no loghost is specified, then error messages from syslogd are not reported.

 

[Michael42]

Thanks for the responses. If it is for logging what directory does the log file reside in? What is the log file name?

Thanks again, Michael

 

[xkjdhdg]

all of the system log files are stored under /var/log

 

[Butterfly123]

The /etc/syslog.conf file configuration decides on where all the system logs will be kept.. By default, the syslog.conf configuration writes logs in either or both of /var/adm/messages and /var/log/syslog file.. With /etc/syslog.conf file tweaking, one can keep the logs anywhere in the system.

And the loghost entry in /etc/hosts file defines as to on which machine, the system logs shall be stored.

Regds,

- Hemant
Networking and Systems Integration Group
Satyam Computer Services Ltd