Hello list. Unresolved object errors seems not to be catched by 'syslog-ng --syntax-only', whereas they are fatal errors. For instance, with this configuration file: @version:3.0 log { source(s_foo); destination(d_foo); }; [root@oberkampf guillaume]# syslog-ng --syntax-only [root@oberkampf guillaume]# syslog-ng Error in configuration, unresolved source reference; source='s_foo' Moreover, the error message is sometimes a bit misleading. with this configuration file: @version:3.0 source s_foo { unix-stream ("/dev/log" max-connections(100)); }; log { source(s_foo); destination(d_foo); }; [root@oberkampf guillaume]# syslog-ng --syntax-only [root@oberkampf guillaume]# syslog-ng Error in configuration, unresolved destination reference; filter='d_foo' What is missing is a destination, not a filter. -- BOFH excuse #327: The POP server is out of Coke