rsyslog, log msgs in a different file

[R C]

On 2/18/24 03:09, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Sun, 2024-02-18 at 00:57 -0700, R C wrote:
>> it didn't like the 'stop' in the script
> Well, that's weird. It's probably worth figuring out what's going on
> with that...
>
>> $template NetworkLogs,"/var/log/network/%HOSTNAME%-messages.log"
>> *.* ?NetworkLogs
>> #& stop
> Is this in a separate file in "/etc/rsyslog.d", or in the main file? If
> the former, what is the filename? If the latter, post the whole file.
this is in a separate file in "/etc/rsyslog.d", and the only two lines 
are the template and the stop
>
>> However,  now it is logging thelocalhost as if it is a remote host
>> too. I'd don't really like that
> How is it supposed to tell one set of logging entries (that you want in
> your network logs) from all the other logging entries (that you don't
> want in your network logs)? It needs something to discriminate on, and
> your current selector is "*.*"...
right, that was to make it work, to get ir started.  I don't know how to 
distinguish between remote hosts and the host itself.
>
> Regards, K.
>
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