syslog-ng-3.1.3-1.rhel5.i386.rpm was definitely acting as a relay and therefore not able to write to local file. I downloaded syslog-ng-3.2.2-linux-glibc2.3.6-i386.run and ran it (it is a script) and was able to select "server option" from the install menu. I am ok now. Thank you for your valued help! Julian Bentayeb Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Information and Communications Systems 925-424-5702 From: syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu [mailto:syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of Patrick H. Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:18 PM To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Open source version: syslog-ng-3.1.3-1.rhel5.i386.rpm syslog-ng doesnt have different versions for relaying, serving, or clienting, its all the same just a different config. You can view the documentation available at http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation and configure it to do whatever you want. The only thing that is pre-determined on compile-time is features like sql logging. You can view what features were enabled on compile by doing `syslog-ng -V` -Patrick Sent: Wed Jan 19 2011 10:29:09 GMT-0700 (Mountain Standard Time) From: julian <bentayeb1@llnl.gov><mailto:bentayeb1@llnl.gov> To: syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu<mailto:syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu> Subject: [syslog-ng] Open source version: syslog-ng-3.1.3-1.rhel5.i386.rpm what install options are assumed for syslog-ng-3.1.3-1.rhel5.i386.rpm: server, relay, client? It is acting as relay. ______________________________________________________________________________ Member info: https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng Documentation: http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/?product=syslog-ng FAQ: http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html