For those who asked about starting syslog-ng on boot, here is what I did for Solaris 8. I simply modified the /etc/rc2.d/S74syslog script: case "$1" in 'start') if [ -f /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf -a -f /usr/sbin/syslog-ng ]; then echo 'syslog-ng service starting.' # # Before syslogd starts, save any messages from previous # crash dumps so that messages appear in chronological order. # /usr/bin/savecore -m if [ -r /etc/dumpadm.conf ]; then . /etc/dumpadm.conf [ "x$DUMPADM_DEVICE" != xswap ] && \ /usr/bin/savecore -m -f $DUMPADM_DEVICE fi if [ ! -f /var/adm/messages ]; then /usr/bin/cp /dev/null /var/adm/messages /usr/bin/chmod 0644 /var/adm/messages fi /usr/sbin/syslog-ng >/dev/msglog 2>&1 & fi ;; 'stop') echo 'syslog-ng service stopping.' if [ -f /var/run/syslog-ng.pid ]; then syspid=`/usr/bin/cat /var/run/syslog-ng.pid` [ "$syspid" -gt 0 ] && kill -15 $syspid fi ;; *) echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop }" exit 1 ;; esac ------------------------------------------ Jesse Keefe <jesse.keefe@convergys.com> | Systems Administrator | Convergys Corp. | 229 West Seventh Street | P.O. Box 1638 | Cincinnati, Oh 45201 | (513)723-3689 | -- NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail transmission is intended by Convergys Corporation for the use of the named individual or entity to which it is directed and may contain information that is privileged or otherwise confidential. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by reply email or by telephone (collect), so that the sender's address records can be corrected.