Dear users: my first post, so please let me know if I commit some fo-paw. can you let me know if I am mis-configuring something here -- it's my first attempt at using destination sockets: system: sun solaris 10 (sparc) software: syslog-ng.2.0.5 syslog-ng.2.0.6 (no extra-ordinary compile options) /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf (pertinent lines only) destination poe { unix-dgram("/tmp/poeunixsocket"); }; log { source(s_sys); destination(poe); }; socket file is srwxr-xr-w root root 0 poeunixsocket I figured with no listener, ng would just buffer. starting ng (as root) I get: Error binding socket; addr='AF_UNIX(anonymous)', error='Is a directory (21)' Initiating connection failed, reconnecting; time_reopen='10' I've tried unix-stream as well to no avail. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Chris _________________________________________________________________ Your smile counts. The more smiles you share, the more we donate. Join in. www.windowslive.com/smile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Wave2_oprsmilewlhmtagline