Hi, I am working with openSUSE 10.3 what comes with version 1.6.12 preinstalled. I tried to use the file driver with this version but it didn't allow me to use it. First I tried the following syslog-ng.conf file: source s_file { file("/var/log/boot.msg"); }; destination d_file { file("/home/uga/Daten/test/syslog.log"); }; log {source (s_file); destination(d_file); }; When syslog-ng was started, it displayed the following error: Re-Starting syslog servicesError opening file /var/log/boot.msg for reading (Permission denied) Error initializing configuration, exiting. startproc: exit status of parent of /sbin/syslog-ng: 1 OK, I thought, this sounds like an OS problem. I investigated the file but didn't find any problem related to permissions. Then, I tried another file and added that after the first line: source s_file { file("/var/log/boot.msg"); }; source a_file { file("/var/log/apache2/access_log"); }; destination d_file { file("/home/uga/Daten/test/syslog.log"); }; log {source (s_file); destination(d_file); }; Now I got the error: Re-Starting syslog servicesError opening file /var/log/apache2/access_log for reading (Permission denied) Error initializing configuration, exiting. startproc: exit status of parent of /sbin/syslog-ng: 1 I saw that the error related to the first file has disappeared but reappeared with the second file. That let me suspect that this error is a bug that always causes an error with the last source file in the config file. To go sure I tried a third version: source s_file { file("/var/log/boot.msg"); }; source a_file { file("/var/log/apache2/access_log"); }; source x_file { file("/home/uga/Daten/test/test.msg"); }; destination d_file { file("/home/uga/Daten/test/syslog.log"); }; log {source (s_file); destination(d_file); }; I fact, the error still appears, but not with the first two and already tested files but with the last third and new file. Now I installed the last Open Source version 2.0.8. All steps finished without error but syslog-ng -V still shows "syslog-ng 1.6.12", even after reboot. I didn't find any entry in the FAQ related to these two problems so I want to ask you to help me. Thanks.