View source for iptables logging on kubuntu with rsyslogd


== versions ==
kubuntu version 14

== problem ==
iptables is logging to /var/log/syslog, but we want it logging to a separate file.


== solution ==

# create /etc/rsyslog.d/iptables.conf file with the following contents

 :msg, contains, "iptables" -/var/log/iptables.log
 & ~

# restart rsyslogd
 /etc/init.d/rsyslogd restart

# verify functionality (you might need to generate some traffic to the host)
 # tail -f /var/log/iptables.log

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