For some reason I cannot seem to get my log messages to go to the mysql database. I get the following error when I attempt to start the syslog-ng service… jryburn@ryburn-server:/etc/syslog-ng$ sudo service syslog-ng restart * Stopping system logging syslog-ng ...done. * Starting system logging syslog-ng Unable to initialize database access (DBI); rc='-1', error='No such file or directory (2)' Error initializing dest driver; dest='d_mysql', id='d_mysql#0' Error initializing message pipeline; ...fail! The relevant pieces of syslog-ng.conf… source s_net { udp(); }; source s_tcp { tcp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(1999)); }; # Desitations for remote devices destination d_routers { file("/var/log/routers.log"); }; # Send logs to the mysql database destination d_mysql { sql( type(mysql) host("localhost") username("syslogadmin") password("syslogadmin") database("syslog") table("logs") columns("host", "facility", "priority", "level", "tag", "datetime", "program", "msg") values("$HOST_FROM", "$FACILITY", "$PRIORITY", "$LEVEL", "$TAG", "$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY $HOUR:$MIN:$SEC", "$PROGRAM", "$MSG") indexes("host", "facility", "priority", "datetime", "program") ); }; log { source(s_net); source(s_tcp); destination(d_routers); destination(d_mysql); }; I have verified the username and password are correct and have access to the syslog database. If I remove the "d_mysql" destination, my log statement works correctly and the log files get dumped in to the /var/log/routers.log file just fine. I have gone through the documentation on the website, FAQs, etc. and come up empty. It has me stumped. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -Justin