On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 05:06:54PM -0500, Grenier, Scott 1 - San Mateo, CA wrote:
I'm setting up new syslog servers using syslog-ng in a mostly Solaris environment. Regular syslog logs messages from hosts with the actual hostname, but syslog-ng is logging the host's IP address instead. Not all machines are in DNS. Here's what I have:
options { chain_hostnames(no); use_time_recvd(yes); log_fifo_size(1000); };
Use the options: keep_hostname(no); use_dns(yes); You might want to turn on DNS caching, since syslog-ng blocks on DNS lookups. dns_cache(yes); I find it handy to use fully qualified names, as hosts like "ns1" tend to pop up a lot. The FQDN saves the day. use_fqdn(yes);
I checked out the FAQ on Nate's site already (Nice job on the site and FAQ, Nate. It's been a very useful resource for me.).
Glad to hear it. -- "A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape." - Samuel Clemens