I should have sent more detail originally. system: SLES10 PatchLevel 1 release: syslog-ng-1.6.8-20.18 server function: syslog server, collecting syslog's from various clients problem: want to open port 514 to collect syslog info over network description: without changing the default syslog-ng.conf, the server collects local syslog information, I uncomment the udp source entry and restart the daemon. The syslog-ng then shows listening on various ports, never constant and never port 514. # netstat -anp | grep LISTEN | grep 53 unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 5364 2161/acpid /var/run/acpid.socket unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 5307 2134/resmgrd /var/run/.resmgr_socket syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu wrote on 08/15/2009 11:09:23 AM:
Post your config. Also, try 'netstat -anp | grep LISTEN | grep 53' and post that (so there is no services resolving issue).
-Matt
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:27 AM, <stephen. greenfield@wachovia.com> wrote:
I configure syslog-ng to use udp port 514, on the syslog server receiving log messages. When I issue a `netstat -lp | grep syslog` it shows different ports but never 514. Any ideas why?
/steve