"syslogd: sendto:..." messages in /var/log/messages file

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Solution ID	sk83160
Technical Level
Product	Security Gateway, Security Management, Multi-Domain Management
Version	R75.40, R75.40VS, R75.45, R75.46, R75.47, R76, R77, R77.10, R77.20
OS	Gaia
Platform / Model	All
Date Created	20-Sep-2012
Last Modified	06-Jul-2017

Symptoms

The following messages appear in /var/log/messages file:
"syslogd: write: Connection refused" error in /var/log/messages file in R77.10.
"syslogd: local sendto: Invalid argument" error in /var/log/messages file in R77.20.
Syslog messages are not forwarded from Security Gateway to Security Management Server, although "Send Syslog messages to management server" option is activated in Gaia Portal on Security Gateway.

Cause

The messages appear due to the remote logging mechanism:

1. If the remote log server is not configured, then "Bad file descriptor" and "Connection refused" messages appear.

2. If the remote log server is configured, then "Invalid Argument" message appears.

Solution

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