Hi All

I am configuring syslog-ng confile to receive logs from different m/c of network.

I have added these in my syslog-ng.conf file

source s_external {
        udp(ip("xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx") port(514));

};

destination s_external { file("/mydir/syslogs/$HOST_syslog.log" \
    owner(user) group(group) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700) create_dirs(yes));

};

 

log { source(s_external); destination(s_external); };

 

Also made entry in iptable

iptables -A INPUT -p udp -i eth1 -s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -d yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy --dport 514 -j ACCEPT

 

When i restart syslog service it gives this error

 /etc/init.d/syslog restart
Shutting down syslog services                                         done
Re-Starting syslog servicesio.c: bind_inet_socket() bind failed xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:514 Cannot assign requested address
Error initializing configuration, exiting.
\\startproc:  exit status of parent of /sbin/syslog-ng: 1        failed

 

 

What is wrong in this?

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Regards..
Abhay Singh..