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5.When setting up a client to log to a central logging server, you should:

Start the syslogd daemon on the server with all of the clients in its host list.
Add @servername to the appropriate log line in /etc/syslog.conf
Use the server as a DHCP server for the client.
Share the log file on the server using NFS.
None of the above.

Explanation: The file /etc/syslog.conf contains information used by the system log daemon, syslogd to forward a system message to appropriate log files and/or users. When forwarding messages to a remote logging server, you would specify the name of a remote host, prefixed with an @, as with: @server, which indicates that messages are to be forwarded to the syslogd on the named host.

Reference: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?syslog.conf+4

Incorrect Answers
B: The syslogd daemon on the local machine needs to be configured to send messages to the remote logging server.
C: DHCP is unrelated to logging and is therefore not required.
D: The log file does not need to be shared using NFS.
E: You must edit the syslog.conf file; therefore, this answer is incorrect.
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