How to troubleshoot syslog remote logging to an external server

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Issue

  • We have configured syslog/rsyslog to send log entries to a remote system with a line like "*.info @10.1.1.1" but they're not showing up on the remote log server. What steps can we take on the client system to troubleshoot, if we don't have access to troubleshoot the remote server's configuration?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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