Another way of configuring it with date is... destination messages.network { file("/export/home/ciscologs/$HOST_messages_$YEAR_$MONTH_$DAY" owner(root) group(other) perm(0644) dir_perm(0755) create_dirs(yes) ); }; Then I use a cron job to remove logs from the past so there is no rotation. I just let syslog-ng append new dates to the end of the hostnames everynight and cron remove previous log files that are backuped up nightly anyway. 0 1 * * * find /export/home/ciscologs -mtime 7 -exec /usr/bin/rm {} \; Works on Sun and Linux -----Original Message----- From: syslog-ng-admin@lists.balabit.hu [mailto:syslog-ng-admin@lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of Bill Nash Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 1:58 PM To: syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu Subject: Re: [syslog-ng]Splitting up Cisco devices Your best option is to split them up by hostname. Syslog has no understanding of differing platform types. Most of the cisco devices will log to the same facility/severity anyway, so hostname is your best bet. destination by_host { file("/var/syslog/$HOST"); }; - billn On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Rex Petersen wrote:

Hi

Anyone who can show me how I split up the log files,

so each device has it's own log file.

Something like this:

Devices:

Cisco 3550-12G Switch: cisco3550-12.log

Cisco 3548XL Switch #1: cisco3548_1.log

Cisco 3548XL Switch #2: cisco3548_2.log

Cisco PIX 515UR Firewall: cisco_515.log

VPN3005 Concentrator: cisco_3005.log

Best regards

Rex Petersen

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