acct and syslog

[Mustapha Bouikhif]

Hi folks,

Is there a simple way to send accounting logs (of FR 2.0.5) to syslog ?
I mean the various detail files: auth_log, reply_log,
pre||post_proxy_log ...
It is possible to append them to radius.log (who can be maintained by
syslog) but i think is a bad idea.

thanks for any clues...
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Mustapha BOUIKHIF
Service Systèmes d'Information
CNRS - DR4

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[Alan DeKok]

Post by Mustapha Bouikhif
Is there a simple way to send accounting logs (of FR 2.0.5) to syslog ?
I mean the various detail files: auth_log, reply_log,
pre||post_proxy_log ...

You REALLY don't want to do that. It's a very bad idea.

Post by Mustapha Bouikhif
It is possible to append them to radius.log (who can be maintained by
syslog) but i think is a bad idea.

They are separate logs, and intended to stay separate. Are you sure
you want gigabytes of messages in syslog?

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[Mustapha Bouikhif]

Post by Alan DeKok

Post by Mustapha Bouikhif
Is there a simple way to send accounting logs (of FR 2.0.5) to syslog ?
I mean the various detail files: auth_log, reply_log,
pre||post_proxy_log ...

You REALLY don't want to do that. It's a very bad idea.

Post by Mustapha Bouikhif
It is possible to append them to radius.log (who can be maintained by
syslog) but i think is a bad idea.

They are separate logs, and intended to stay separate. Are you sure
you want gigabytes of messages in syslog?
Alan DeKok.
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I want to send acct logs to a central log server to meet our
organisation recommondations (logs must be kept one year). No problem
with size logs, I have necessary space for that.
thanks.
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Mustapha BOUIKHIF
Service Systèmes d'Information
CNRS - DR4

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Post by Mustapha Bouikhif
I want to send acct logs to a central log server to meet our
organisation recommondations (logs must be kept one year). No problem
with size logs, I have necessary space for that.

Use rsync. Or FTP. Or even RADIUS to proxy the accounting packets.

Don't use syslog.

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[Anders Holm]

I'm unsure here why syslog would be a bad idea in the case of FreeRADIUS.
However, there is also another option, the SQL logging options... Perhaps
those may be handy as well?

//anders

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Post by Mustapha Bouikhif
I want to send acct logs to a central log server to meet our
organisation recommondations (logs must be kept one year). No problem
with size logs, I have necessary space for that.

Use rsync. Or FTP. Or even RADIUS to proxy the accounting packets.
Don't use syslog.
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Post by Anders Holm
I'm unsure here why syslog would be a bad idea in the case of FreeRADIUS.

syslog is generally for one-line log messages. Not for gigabytes of
traffic. Accounting logs generate gigabytes of traffic, and do not need
the overhead of syslog.

Post by Anders Holm
However, there is also another option, the SQL logging options... Perhaps
those may be handy as well?

Exactly. Databases already do replication and synchronization. The
right tool should be used for the job. Syslog is not the right tool for
accounting logs.

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