Hi, I used syslog-ng 1.4.0 (very useful!) on a SunOS 5.6 sun4u host, with the following configuration: options { create_dirs(yes); sync(0); chain_hostnames(off); }; source local { sun-streams("/dev/log" door("/etc/.syslog_door")); internal(); }; source net { udp(ip(A.B.C.D) port(514)); }; [...] destination dstandard { file("/var/log/host/$HOST/$PROGRAM/$YEAR-$MONTH/$DAY.log" group("mygroup") dir_perm(0755) perm(0644) ); }; [...] log { source(local); source(net); destination(dstandard); }; When I start syslog-ng, in /var/log/host/machine appears several strange directories: drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:48 PCI-device drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:48 SUNW,hme0 drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:48 SUNW,hme1 drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:48 SunOS Release 5.6 Version Generic_105181-17 drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:48 WARNING drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:48 cpu0 drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:48 glm0 drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:48 pci0 at root drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:48 root on drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:48 sd0 at glm0 drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:48 sd1 at glm0 drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:50 sshd drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:48 su0 at ebus0 drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:48 su1 at ebus0 drwxr-xr-x 3 other 512 Mar 31 14:48 syslog-ng It appears the problem that the version 1.4.2 should be fix (function parse_log_msg in file src/log.c), but instaling and running this version, it works like the 1.4.0. Another strange thing happens (with both 1.4.0 and 1.4.2): the directories and the files create by syslog-ng don't have the permissions specified in the configuration ( dir_perm(0755) perm(0644) ), but those coherent with the umask of the root user. It is a my stupid error in syslog-ng.conf file or someother people have this problems? Thanks in advance Massimo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Massimo Loschi E-mail: m.loschi@nextra.it Network & Core Systems NEXTRA S.p.A. WWW: http://www.nextra.it Via Isonzo, 55/2 Tel: +39 51 6139211 40033 Casalecchio di Reno Fax: +39 51 6114455 Bologna - ITALY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------