[syslog-ng]Can't get pipe working

1 Jul 2004

      Hi all,
I seem to be having trouble getting a mysql pipe working and thought I would
enlist your help.

Here's my config:

options { use_fqdn(no);
          keep_hostname(yes);
          use_dns(no);
          long_hostnames(off);
          sync(0);
          log_fifo_size(1000);

        # The default action of syslog-ng 1.6.0 is to log a STATS line
        # to the file every 10 minutes.  That's pretty ugly after a while.
        # Change it to every 12 hours so you get a nice daily update of
        # how many messages syslog-ng missed (0).
        stats(43200);
};

############################
# Set up Sources
############################
source src { unix-dgram("/dev/log"); internal(); };
source net { udp(); };
source s_jffnms { unix-dgram("/dev/log"); internal(); udp(); };

# MySQL Logs

destination d_jffnms {
  pipe("/tmp/mysql.pipe"
    template("INSERT INTO syslog (date, date_logged, host, message) VALUES
('$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY $HOUR:$MIN:$SEC', NOW\(\), '$FULLHOST', '$MSG');\n")
template-escape(yes));
    };
destination jffnms_processing {
      program ("mysql -u jffnms -pjffnms jffnms < /tmp/mysql.pipe"); };

log {
       source (s_jffnms);
       #filter (f_jffnms);   #if you use it
       destination (d_jffnms);
};

# End
When I restart syslog-ng and tail -f /tmp/mysql.pipe nothing comes in (nor
are there any database inserts happening).
When I do a tcpdump, I do see the event coming into my server, but it seems
as though syslog-ng is just dropping the packet...?

Regards,
Clayton Dukes
CCNA, CCDA, CCNP, CCDP
Sr. Network Engineer
E Solutions Corp.
http://www.esnet.com
813.301.2620 (o)
813.545.7373 (c)