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== versions ==<br />
kubuntu version 14<br />
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== problem ==<br />
iptables is logging to /var/log/syslog, but we want it logging to a separate file.<br />
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== solution ==<br />
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# create /etc/rsyslog.d/iptables.conf file with the following contents<br />
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:msg, contains, "iptables" -/var/log/iptables.log<br />
& ~<br />
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# restart rsyslogd<br />
/etc/init.d/rsyslogd restart<br />
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# verify functionality (you might need to generate some traffic to the host)<br />
# tail -f /var/log/iptables.log<br />
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