�Please, could you at least show your config? There is no default �syslog-ng config. You should either write your own or copy one �of the example configs from the tarball and customise it.
Of course, I don't have a problem providing info, just wasn't sure what to provide so was hoping someone would ask :). I'll paste it at the end of this. This was the default config which was put into /etc when I installed this package.
�Also it would be quite useful for syslog-ng newbies to read the �included reference guide for getting familiar with syslog-ng.
You know, sometimes you can read everything there is but just getting a little hands on opens all the doors to learning from there. I know the basics of linux syslog and have seen various examples of configurations but I've not figured out the config recipe method yet. �
�BTW if you're concerned about logging then you shouldn't use �UDP at all.
I would not be looking at logging if I was concerned about logging on either TCP or UDP. Not sure what you mean by this? more /etc/syslog-ng.conf options { sync (0); time_reopen (10); log_fifo_size (1000); long_hostnames (off); use_dns (no); use_fqdn (no); create_dirs (no); keep_hostname (yes); }; source s_sys { file ("/proc/kmsg" log_prefix("kernel: ")); unix-stream ("/dev/log"); internal(); udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514)); }; destination d_cons { file("/dev/console"); }; destination d_mesg { file("/var/log/messages"); }; destination d_auth { file("/var/log/secure"); }; destination d_mail { file("/var/log/maillog" sync(10)); }; destination d_spol { file("/var/log/spooler"); }; destination d_boot { file("/var/log/boot.log"); }; destination d_cron { file("/var/log/cron"); }; destination d_kern { file("/var/log/kern"); }; destination d_mlal { usertty("*"); }; filter f_filter1 { facility(kern); }; filter f_filter2 { level(info..emerg) and not (facility(mail) or facility(authpriv) or facility(cron)); }; filter f_filter3 { facility(authpriv); }; filter f_filter4 { facility(mail); }; filter f_filter5 { level(emerg); }; filter f_filter6 { facility(uucp) or (facility(news) and level(crit..emerg)); }; filter f_filter7 { facility(local7); }; filter f_filter8 { facility(cron); }; #log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter1); destination(d_cons); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter1); destination(d_kern); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter2); destination(d_mesg); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter3); destination(d_auth); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter4); destination(d_mail); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter5); destination(d_mlal); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter6); destination(d_spol); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter7); destination(d_boot); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter8); destination(d_cron); }; # vim: syntax=syslog-ng