I have yet another filtering question. On an AIX server using the syslog-ng.conf stanzas shown below, the only messages being logged to the d_cisco destination are those I know are coming in under facility local7. However, those same messages are also being logged to the d_all_ms destination which I think I'm filtering out. The filters seems correct and I am successfully using a similar "not" filter elsewhere (for local2 messages). Can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong? Thanks! ####################################################################################### options { long_hostnames(off); use_fqdn(yes); log_fifo_size(1000); chain_hostnames(yes); }; source src { unix-dgram("/dev/log"); internal(); udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514)); }; destination d_all_ms { file("/logs/machine_specific/$HOST/all.$LEVEL.$YEAR$MONTH$DAY" group(systems) perm(0664) dir_perm(0664) create_dirs(yes) );}; destination d_cisco { file("/logs/cisco/cisco.messages" group(systems) perm(0664) );}; # CISCO (local7) messages: filter f_cisco { facility(local7); }; # NO CISCO (local7) messages: filter f_no_cisco { not facility(local7); }; # Forward all messages to machine specific log monitored by system admins log { source(src); filter(f_no_cisco); destination(d_all_ms); }; # Log all messages coming in on local7 facility to /logs/cisco/cisco.messages log { source(src); filter(f_cisco); destination(d_cisco); }; ####################################################################################### --- John A. Parker Senior Programmer/Analyst - AIX Cornell University jap54@cornell.edu 607-255-9356 607-255-8521 (Fax)