Add create_dirs (yes) in the options section. On 27-Feb-2018 2:24 PM, "Machiel Richards" <machiel.richards@gmail.com> wrote: Good day guys I am having an issue that I seem not be able to resolve thus far. I am fairly new to syslog-ng and have setup a new syslog server. We have managed to get most of our servers sending logs to the server without issues, however I am having trouble to get syslog-ng to create the directories and files with the correct ownership. We have a seperate user and group which it needs to create directories with, however it keeps on creating directories and files as root user. below is my current config : # First, set some global options. options { chain_hostnames(off); flush_lines(0); use_dns(yes); use_fqdn(yes); owner("syslog"); group("syslog"); perm(0640); stats_freq(0); bad_hostname("^gconfd$"); log_fifo_size(10000); }; source inputs { system(); internal(); unix-stream("/dev/log"); tcp(max_connections(50)); udp(); }; destination logpile { file("/var/log/HOSTS/$HOST/$YEAR/$MONTH/$FACILITY.$YEAR$ MONTH$DAY" owner("syslog") group("syslog") perm(0660) create_dirs(yes) dir_perm(0770)); }; log { source(inputs); destination(logpile); }; Can someone please assist me as any help would be appreciated. Regard -- I am a bomb technician...If you see me running, TRY TO KEEP UP! ____________________________________________________________ __________________ Member info: https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng Documentation: http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/? product=syslog-ng FAQ: http://www.balabit.com/wiki/syslog-ng-faq