Hi, I am trying to implement a centralized syslog-ng solution for testing purpose. My configuration is SLES10 on mainframe guest. I had followed the steps given in the article below. http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/18044.html I have created the configuration on server # # uncomment to process log messages from network: udp(port(514)); tcp(ip("192.168.1.42") port(5140) keep-alive(yes)); # this is for separating out network hosts into individual log files. destination std { file ("/var/log/HOSTS/$YEAR-$MONTH/$HOST/$FACILITY-$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY" owner(root) group(root) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700) create_dirs(y\es) ); }; log { source(src); destination(std); }; I then ran SuSEconfig --module syslog-ng. After that i started the syslog service thru /etc/init.d On the client i have added these lines to /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf.in # send everything to log host destination loghost { tcp("192.168.1.42" port(5140)); }; log { source(src); destination(loghost); My Problem is when i do netstat -an|grep 514 or netstat -an|grep 5140 nothing comes up. on the client side i see errors in the /var/log/messages stating "error connecting to remote system" I am not sure but i think the problem is because of UDP 514 or TCP 5140 not being working. I checked the /etc/services and looks fine. has anyone had same kind of problem. Would be glad if someone could help in determining the cause. Vick };