As a sideline thought to this Gorm's minor config typo...... How easy would it be possible to provide an additional command line option to syslog-ng which merely perform a config file syntax and dir/file-permissions check? i.e much the same flavour of functionality as provided by bind9's named-checkconf on behalf of named. Apart from pure syntax checks on the configuration file, it would be nice/highly-desirable for the checker to confirm valid permissions on the various source/destinations ( where feasible ) , especially for the conditions wherein syslog-ng is either chrooted or chowned. Above all, the checker should attempt to ensure that no mistake exists that would cause syslog-ng to exit post SIGHUP or restart. Ted *************************************************************************************************** This E-mail message, including any attachments, is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, retransmission, disclosure, copying, modification or other use of this E-mail message or attachments is strictly forbidden. If you have received this E-mail message in error, please contact the author and delete the message and any attachments from your computer. You are also advised that the views and opinions expressed in this E-mail message and any attachments are the author's own, and may not reflect the views and opinions of FLEXTECH Television Limited. ***************************************************************************************************