Bug 13825

Summary:	Split messages from firewall and VPNs into separate log files
Product:	IPFire	Reporter:	Larsen <larsen007>
Component:	---	Assignee:	Assigned to nobody - feel free to grab it and work on it <nobody>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	Minor Usability
Priority:	- Unknown -
Version:	2
Hardware:	unspecified
OS:	Unspecified

Description Larsen 2025-02-24 17:04:05 UTC

Already asked in the forum but with no result, so creating a bug here.
https://community.ipfire.org/t/split-messages-from-firewall-and-openvpn-into-separate-log-files/9573/1

I wonder if it would make sense to split the different messages (Firewall, OpenVPN, IPsec, etc.) into different log files.

When tailing log files via the shell, I know I can use grep to filter out unimportant stuff. An example to check on firewall messages:
  tail -f /var/log/messages | grep kernel

However, if I wanted to check /var/log/messages for something where I don’t exactly know what I’m looking for (at least not related to Firewall or OpenVPN) because I have a problem with something else, this would be more difficult at the moment.

It would be easier if e.g. Firewall messages would be in /var/log/firewall, and OpenVPN messages in /var/log/openvpn, so that /var/log/messages contained the rest.

Hope my explanation make sense =)