Timothy, Technically, it's not a "file" but a named pipe. That means it doesn't take up space on the disk. It's a stream that allows you to connect to and read information that is being presented on it. Once you have the /var/syslog-ng/syslog_fifo named pipe created, you can refer to it by name in the configuration files. I've never used a named pipe in syslog-ng (I have in other programs), so I don't know if you use the same command that you would to reference a file name. In the Micromuse Syslog Probe, you have to use a different parameter name to specify a named pipe than you would for a file. Check the syslog-ng docs to see what the command would be to specify a named pipe. It's possible it's the same command. -----Original Message----- From: Timothy A. Holmes [mailto:tholmes@mcaschool.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:15 AM To: holtzl.peter@balabit.hu; Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list Subject: RE: [syslog-ng] Creating a named pipe (FIFO) Does that just create the file, which is then used as the destination? Is that how it works? Timothy A. Holmes IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher Medina Christian Academy A Higher Standard... Jeremiah 33:3 Jeremiah 29:11 Esther 4:14
-----Original Message----- From: syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu [mailto:syslog-ng- bounces@lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of HÖLTZL Péter Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:35 AM To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list Subject: RE: [syslog-ng] Creating a named pipe (FIFO)
Hi Timothy,
Insted of putting mkfifo into the syslog-ng.conf, add the command 'mkfifo /var/syslog-ng/syslog_fifo' from a command prompt when you are root.
regards,
Péter
Does the name of the named pipe need to be the same as the destination line mkfifo splunk;
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