Please help... this /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf looks fine to me. I cannot find why syslog-ng barfs on it... source src {unix-stream("/dev/log"); pipe("/proc/kmsg"); internel();}; destination dest {file("/var/log/messages");}; log {source(src); destination(dest);}; thanks! Chris -- _______________________________________ Dr. Christian Seberino SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego Code 2872 49258 Mills Street, Room 158 San Diego, CA 92152-5385 U.S.A. Phone: (619) 553-9973 Fax: (619) 553-0804 Email: seberino@spawar.navy.mil _______________________________________