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root426
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Syslog error

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dear all,

i just installed cacti Version 0.8.8a,
and syslog does not work, udp port 514 is open, how do i check or repair my cacti, these following error came in Syslog tab :

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  	localhost	2012-12-15 09:27:02	 Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:41229->[127.0.0.1]	3	6
  	localhost	2012-12-15 09:27:02	 Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:37334->[127.0.0.1]	3	6
  	localhost	2012-12-15 09:27:02	 Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:48720->[127.0.0.1]	3	6
  	localhost	2012-12-15 09:27:02	 Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:35240->[127.0.0.1]	3	6
  	localhost	2012-12-15 09:27:02	 Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:44613->[127.0.0.1]	3	6
  	localhost	2012-12-15 09:27:02	 Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:35558->[127.0.0.1]	3	6
  	localhost	2012-12-15 09:27:02	 Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:54863->[127.0.0.1]	3	6
  	localhost	2012-12-15 09:27:02	 Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:60043->[127.0.0.1]	3	6
  	localhost	2012-12-15 09:27:02	 Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:60156->[127.0.0.1]	3	6
  	localhost	2012-12-15 09:27:02	 Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:46719->[127.0.0.1]	3	6
  	localhost	2012-12-15 09:27:02	 Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:44663->[127.0.0.1]	3	6
  	localhost	2012-12-15 09:27:02	 Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:41242->[127.0.0.1]	3	6
  	localhost	2012-12-15 09:27:02	 Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:52629->[127.0.0.1]	3	6
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Re: Syslog error

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You will have to configure snmpd to suppress logging for incoming snmp requests
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Re: Syslog error

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Hi,

May I ask on how it was fixed? I ran into the same problem and fairly new to Cacti, so please, forgive me.

Thanks!
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Re: Syslog error

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This is a net-snmpd configuration issue. My /etc/sysconfig/snmpd looks like

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# snmpd command line options
# '-f' is implicitly added by snmpd systemd unit file
# OPTIONS="-LS0-6d"
OPTIONS="-LS0-5d -Lf /dev/null"
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Re: Syslog error

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Hello,

Mine looks like this...

# snmpd command line options
# OPTIONS="-LS0-6d -Lf /dev/null -p /var/run/snmpd.pid"

If I'm not wrong the # symbol excludes the command to be used, correct?
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Re: Syslog error

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That's why I appended the last line :wink:
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Re: Syslog error

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Hi,

I have changed it, but my cacti still does not collect syslog. Please, bear in mind that I am using the latest CactiEZ release.
What might be the problem?

Kind Regards
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Re: Syslog error

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anar1120 wrote:I have changed it, but my cacti still does not collect syslog.
The hint I gave you was related to the SNMPD log line found in syslog. That should be fixed right now. If other issues persist, let's start to talk about them
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Re: Syslog error

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Hi,

I have gave cacti a day to start collecting syslog, but it still only collects its own syslog and not from other devices...
Anything else I should check?
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Re: Syslog error

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You are talking about the SYSLOG plugin?
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Re: Syslog error

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Yes, please, refer to attached photo.
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Re: Syslog error

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Moving to Plugins; this is a plugin issue
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Re: Syslog error

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Hi,

So, how can I fix this? Sorry for asking so many things I am new to Cacti
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Re: Syslog error

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Dear Gandalf,

I googled a lot and still not able to figure out what the problem is. Can you help me?

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Re: Syslog error

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The problem is that snmpd is set to generate messages for priorities 0 - 6

The trick that you need to modify /etc/init.d/snmpd so when snmpd starts is doesn't log priorities 5 & 6.

Change the LS0-6d to LS0-4d

#OPTIONS="-LS0-6d -Lf /dev/null -p /var/run/snmpd.pid"
OPTIONS="-LS0-4d -Lf /dev/null -p /var/run/snmpd.pid"

See this page for further information (It's where I got it)

https://raetsel.wordpress.com/2008/02/1 ... gmessages/
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