Hello I am trying to log named to syslog_ng and it is not set up by default on arch or artex. I set up named for logging, I think logging { category default { log_syslog; }; channel log_syslog { syslog; }; }; in the config file for syslog_ng I had added destination d_mail { file("/var/log/mail.log"); }; destination d_named { file("/var/log/named.log"); }; destination d_news { file("/var/log/news.log"); }; I am looking at filters and have no idea what to do filter f_auth { facility(auth); }; filter f_authpriv { facility(auth, authpriv); }; filter f_syslog { program(syslog-ng); }; filter f_cron { facility(cron); }; filter f_daemon { facility(daemon); }; filter f_kernel { facility(kern) and not filter(f_iptables); }; filter f_lpr { facility(lpr); }; filter f_mail { facility(mail); }; filter f_news { facility(news); }; filter f_user { facility(user); }; filter f_uucp { facility(uucp); }; filter f_ppp { facility(local2); }; filter f_debug { not facility(auth, authpriv, news, mail); }; filter f_messages { level(info..warn) and not facility(auth, authpriv, mail, news, cron) and not program(syslog-ng) and not filter(f_iptables); }; filter f_everything { level(debug..emerg) and not facility(auth, authpriv); }; filter f_emergency { level(emerg); }; filter f_info { level(info); }; filter f_notice { level(notice); }; filter f_warn { level(warn); }; filter f_crit { level(crit); }; filter f_err { level(err); }; filter f_iptables { match("IN=" value("MESSAGE")) and match("OUT=" value("MESSAGE")); }; filter f_acpid { program("acpid"); }; I don't know if there is a built in facilty for named. The docs for the server and very detailed and rich, and overwhelming. Ruben -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013