Running 1.6.9 version of syslog-ng. libol version 3.9 OS is Redhat Fedora 4. mysql version is 4.1.12 . Below is my config: *options { sync (0); time_reopen (10); log_fifo_size (1000); long_hostnames (off); use_dns (yes); use_fqdn (yes); create_dirs (yes); keep_hostname (yes); };* *source s_net { udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514)); };* *destination d_mysql { pipe("/tmp/mysql.pipe" template("INSERT INTO logs (host, f acility, priority, level, tag, date, time, program, msg) VALUES ('$HOST', '$FACI LITY', '$PRIORITY', '$LEVEL', '$TAG', '$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY', '$HOUR:$MIN:$SEC', '$ PROGRAM', '$MSG');\n") template-escape(yes)); };* *log { source(s_net); destination(d_mysql); };* Here is the script used to pipe /tmp/mysql.pipe into databse: *#!/bin/bash* *if [ -e /tmp/mysql.pipe ]; then while [ -e /tmp/mysql.pipe ] do mysql -u syslog --password=password syslog < /tmp/mysql.pipe done else mkfifo /tmp/mysql.pipe fi* I have confirmed that I can redirect echo to the pipe, so I know the pipe is working. I've even chmod 777 the pipe. I have also confirmed that log messages are coming in over the network using tcpdump and when I use syslog-ng to log to file, it works just fine. Why doesn't syslog-ng output to the pipe, argh!? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Matt