[syslog-ng] connecting to syslog-ng

Hi there! Is there a way to connect to a syslog-ng on a machine via a client to receive the events? ...as opposed to just having the syslog-ng pushing the event to another machine all the time. Basically I want only to connect to those machines running syslog-ng in certain situations. Like ssh root@machine tail -f /var/log/messages ...without the need for a ssh account cheers -- Torsten