What I think this should be doing: reads src, parses, creates file, writes to file, next. at the very least it it not doing the write. I would imagine more, but I'm not sure how I can tell. Could someone please take a look at the config file and tell me if I am doing something wrong? The examples of the type of data I'm looking for: ftp: Mar 25 14:38:22 da2 ftp(pam_unix)[12722]: session opened for user nick by (uid=0) Mar 25 14:39:45 da2 ftpd[12995]: wu-ftpd - TLS settings: control allow, client_cert allow, data allow Mar 25 14:39:49 da2 ftp(pam_unix)[12995]: session opened for user nick by (uid=0) fw: Mar 23 23:23:34 da2 kernel: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:08:02:b0:67:c1:00:50:54:ff:12:6a:08:00 SRC=68.69.59.21 DST=192.168.210.13 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=42 ID=43080 PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=512 SEQ=23547 Mar 23 23:23:34 da2 kernel: IN= OUT=eth0 SRC=192.168.210.13 DST=68.69.59.21 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=55063 PROTO=ICMP TYPE=0 CODE=0 ID=512 SEQ=23547 TIA! Nick syslog-ng.conf: -------------------------------------------- options { sync (0); time_reopen (10); log_fifo_size (1000); long_hostnames (off); use_dns (no); use_fqdn (no); #MY ADDITIONS: create_dirs (yes); dir_owner(root); dir_group(wheel); dir_perm(775); keep_hostname (yes); owner(root); group(wheel); perm(660); }; # A LOT OF THIS IS STANDARD TO THE EXAMPLE CONFIG... SKIP TO <MY ADDITIONS> # THE REST IS PROVIDED FOR COMPLETENESS & CONTEXT source s_sys { pipe ("/proc/kmsg" log_prefix("kernel: ")); unix-stream ("/dev/log"); internal(); }; destination d_cons { file("/dev/console"); }; destination d_mesg { file("/var/log/messages"); }; destination d_auth { file("/var/log/secure"); }; destination d_mail { file("/var/log/maillog"); }; destination d_spol { file("/var/log/spooler"); }; destination d_boot { file("/var/log/boot.log"); }; destination d_cron { file("/var/log/cron"); }; destination d_mlal { usertty("*"); }; filter f_filter1 { facility(kern); }; filter f_filter2 { level(info) and not (facility(mail) or facility(authpriv) or facility(cron)); }; filter f_filter3 { facility(authpriv); }; filter f_filter4 { facility(mail); }; filter f_filter5 { level(emerg); }; filter f_filter6 { facility(uucp) or (facility(news) and level(crit)); }; filter f_filter7 { facility(local7); }; filter f_filter8 { facility(cron); }; # <MY ADDITIONS> # FTPD RULES BELOW +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ destination ftpd { file("/var/log/ftpd.log"); }; filter f_ftpd { facility(kern) and match ("ftpd"); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_ftpd); destination(ftpd); }; # # BELOW IS STANDARD TO THE EXAMPLE CONFIG # # FIREWALL RULES ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ destination d_fw { file("/var/log/firewall.log"); }; filter f_fw { facility(kern) and match (": IN="); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_fw); destination(d_fw); }; # </MY ADDITIONS> log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter1); destination(d_cons); }; # # BELOW IS STANDARD TO THE EXAMPLE CONFIG # log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter2); destination(d_mesg); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter3); destination(d_auth); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter4); destination(d_mail); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter5); destination(d_mlal); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter6); destination(d_spol); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter7); destination(d_boot); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter8); destination(d_cron); }; -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Nicholas Bernstein | nick@docmagic.com | | UNIX Systems Administrator | http://www.docmagic.com | | Document Systems Inc. | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+