JNCIP Case Study - 1 Pg 42 - archive size and files

hoogen82

Modify the syslog parameters to log all interactive CLI commands to a file called rn-cli, where n is equal to the router number. Configure the CLI log to permit four archived copies that will be no larger than 128K, and ensure that CLI-related logging is also sent to 10.0.200.2, which is providing a remote syslog service. All other syslog parameters should be left at their default setting.

Book Solution

syslog {
user * {
any emergency;
}
host 10.0.200.2 {
interactive-commands any;
}
file messages {
any notice;
authorization info;
}
file r2-cli {
interactive-commands any;
archive files 4;
}
}

My concern is the file r2-cli.. wherein archive files 4 is given.. but the question says "permit four archived copies that will be no larger than 128K"

My Solution was

syslog {
user * {
any emergency;
}
host 10.0.200.2 {
interactive-commands any;
}
file messages {
any notice;
authorization info;
}
file r1-cli {
interactive-commands any;
archive size 128k files 4;
}

Any insight into this... Am I missing something..

Aldur

Hey hoogen,

Have a look at page 20, it says the following.

"The default archive settings will allow up to ten 128KB files that are not world-readable."

So by default the syslog files are 128k in size. So with the case you could leave off configuring the 128k size and it would work.