Audit to syslog

Hi all,
11.2.0.1
OEL 6
I have finished configuring send oracle audit log to syslog.
In the /etc/syslog.conf configuration file:
#Save oracle rdbms audit trail to oracle_audit.log
local0.info          /var/log/oracle/oracle_audit.log
#Send oracle rdbms audit trail to remote syslog server
local0.info          @192.168.100.1
It mentioned   local0.info @192.168.100.1 , which file_name & folder location is the log written on this remote target server? Do I need to configure it also?
Thanks a lot,
zxy

Hi,
I hope that the following document helps: http://www.springerlink.com/index/ut68j3652k06747j.pdf
Regards,
Naveed.

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I am auditing my SYS using OS file as in:
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ID NAME             STATUS      PATH                         BRAND      IP
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