Hi, we are using SLES 11 We are trying to read a tailing file and send it to the server syslog-ng.conf (on client 192.168.18.10 some-host) #syslog-ng.conf options { long_hostnames(off); sync(1); perm(0640); stats(3600); }; source s_mysrc{ file("/some/file.log" ); }; destination d_mydest { tcp("192.168.18.7" port(5140)); }; log { source(s_mysrc); destination(d_mydest); }; #syslog-ng.conf ends syslog-ng.conf (on Server 192.168.18.7) #syslog-ng.conf options { long_hostnames(off); sync(0); perm(0640); stats(3600); }; source s_mysrc{ tcp(ip("192.168.18.7") port(5140) keep-alive(yes)); }; destination d_mydest { file ("/var/log/hosts/$YEAR-$MONTH/$HOST/$FACILITY-$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY" owner(root) group(root) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700) create_dirs(yes) ); }; log { source(s_mysrc); destination(d_mydest); }; #syslog-ng.conf ends When I start the service at client, I'm getting the following error Starting syslog servicesError opening file for reading; filename='/some/file.log', error='Permission denied (13)' Error initializing source driver; source='s_mysrc' startproc: exit status of parent of /sbin/syslog-ng: 2 The file /some/file.log has -rw-rw-rw- permissions When I modify the source driver to ... file("/some/file.log" follow_freq(1)); I'm able to start the syslog service, but I don't see anything on the server (192.162.18.7) at /var/log/hosts/2011-03/some-host/ Please help Thanks and regards, Hidayath Saven Technologies: A leader in technology driven business solutions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- #302, 3rd Floor, MyHome Sarovar Plaza, Hyderabad- 500 063, India Off: +91 040 23237303/7304 ext 115 email: hidayath.basha@saventech.com | www.saventech.com follow me: http://twitter.com/hidayath26 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------