Bug 13825 - Split messages from firewall and VPNs into separate log files
Summary: Split messages from firewall and VPNs into separate log files
Status: NEW
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Product: IPFire
Classification: Unclassified
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Version: 2
Hardware: unspecified Unspecified
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Reported: 2025-02-24 17:04 UTC by Larsen
Modified: 2025-02-24 17:04 UTC (History)
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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 =)