I keep reading that syslog-ng has the capability to divert into different log files based on hostname. I'm doing this with an older version by manually specifying for each machine as shown below. I'd like to avoid mucking with the config file every time we add or remove a machine (all the time). I've downloaded 1.5.7, but can't find any examples of this. Is there a simple way to do this or do I need to just add an entry for every new host?

filter f_shaggy { host(shaggy); }; destination d_shaggy { file("/var/syslog-ng/shaggy"); }; log { source(src); filter(f_shaggy); destination(d_shaggy); };

destination d_auto { file("/var/syslog-ng/$HOST"); }; If I recall correctly. :) I forget where, but somewhere in the documentation is a list of all the allowed variables. You can also use this feature in conjunction with "create_dirs(on);" to build directory trees like "/var/syslog-ng/$YEAR/$MONTH/$DAY/$HOST/$FACILITY.$PRIORITY" etc. Cheers! -- A.L.Lambert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -Einstein ------------------------------------------------------------------------