Juniper Networks J-Series manual Configuring System Log Messages with a Configuration Editor

J-series™ Services Router Administration Guide

Configuring System Log Messages with a Configuration Editor

This section contains the following topics:

■Sending System Log Messages to a File on page 160

■Sending System Log Messages to a User Terminal on page 161

■Archiving System Logs on page 161

■Disabling System Logs on page 162

Sending System Log Messages to a File

You can direct system log messages to a file on the compact flash. The default directory for log files is /var/log. To specify a different directory on the compact flash, include the complete pathname. For the list of logging facilities and severity levels, see Table 81 on page 157 and Table 82 on page 158.

For information about archiving log files, see “Archiving System Logs” on page 161.

The procedure provided in this section sends all security-related information to the sample file named security.

To send messages to a file:

1.Navigate to the top of the configuration hierarchy in either the J-Web or CLI configuration editor.

2.Perform the configuration tasks described in Table 84 on page 160.

3.If you are finished configuring the network, commit the configuration.

Table 84: Sending System Log Messages to a File

Task	J-Web Configuration Editor
Navigate to the Syslog level in the	1.	In the J-Web interface, select
configuration hierarchy.		Configuration>View and Edit>Edit
		Configuration.
	2.	Next to System, click Configure or Edit.
	3.	Next to Syslog, click Configure or Edit.
Create a file named security, and	1.	Next to File, click Add new entry.
send log messages of the	2.	In the File name box, type security.
authorization class at the severity
level info to the file.	3.	Next to Contents, click Add new entry.
	4.	In the Facility list, select authorization.
	5.	In the Level list, select info.

CLI Configuration Editor

From the [edit] hierarchy level, enter

edit system syslog

Set the filename and the facility and severity level:

set file security authorization info

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