---
name: "tcplog.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "jail"
version: "1:1.6-6"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tcplog.conf"
---

# tcplog.conf(5)

configuration file for tcplog(8).

## NAME

tcplog.conf - configuration file for [tcplog(8)](/tcplog/8.md).

## SYNOPSIS

*/etc/tcplog.conf*

## DESCRIPTION

The **[tcplog(8)](/tcplog/8.md)** configuration file is used to specify the level at which connections to given ports should be logged.

Log levels for packets are specified using the **\`type \[level\]'** rule described below.

A default log level can be specified with the **level** keyword, which is used for port numbers which have not been explicitly assigned a level in the configuration.

The default syslog facility can be overriden with the **facility** keyword. configuration.

The \`except' keyword can be used to specify a list of hosts from which connections should be ignored.

Lines beginning with \`#' (shell-style comments) and blank lines in the configuration file are ignored.

An example configuration is included with the source distribution and is installed by default into */etc/tcplog.conf*

## KEYWORDS

- except \[host\], \[host\], \[host\]

  Specify a list of hosts to ignore connection requests from. The list can be comma or whitespace separated, and may contain fragments like \`192.168.' and \`.foo.com'. If the fragment is numeric, it is compared with the IP of the source host, otherwise the comparison is made with the resolved hostname.

- level \[level\]

  Specify the default logging level. The level can be any one of IGNORE, ERR, WARNING, NOTICE, INFO and DEBUG.

- facility \[facility\]

  Specify the default logging facility. The facility can be any one of USER, DAEMON and LOCAL0-7.

- \[service\] \[level\]

  This is a generic rule which specifies the level at which connections to a certain port are logged. The service can either be a numeric port number, or a service name (as specified in */etc/services* ). The level, as above, is a *syslog.h* symbolic constant.

## SEE ALSO

**[tcplog(8)](/tcplog/8.md), [icmplog(8)](/icmplog/8.md), [icmplog.conf(5)](/icmplog.conf/5.md), [syslogd(8)](/syslogd/8.md)**

## DISTRIBUTION

jail is distributed under the Artistic License.

## AUTHOR

Abhijit Menon-Sen \<ams@wiw.org\>

$Id: tcplog.conf.5,v 1.7 2001/02/19 10:06:17 ams Exp $