[syslog-ng] syslog-ng 1.3.3

[Chris Scheller]

Is it possible ( and i just missed it ) to do a destination like this
destination test { file("/var/log/syslog-ng/$YEAR/$MONTH/$HOST-$DAY"); };
using the macros to create directories?

Chris Scheller
Network One Internet, inc.
http://www.networkone.net/
System/Network Administration
1.888.GOT-NET1

On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Balazs Scheidler wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've released syslog-ng 1.3.3, which completes the afsocket reorganization I
> introduced in 1.3.2. It should be quite stable now.
> 
> This fixes a problem with some programs dropping messages (for instance
> sendmail). It was caused by the fact the syslog-ng dropped all af_unix
> connections when sent a HUP signal. A new option was added to unix-stream
> and tcp: keep-alive, which is on by default for unix-stream drivers.
> 
> Another bug was fixed in the $DAY macro expansion.
> 
> There was a discussion recently on bugtraq about a syslogd DoS attack. The
> problem is fixed in distributions by switching to unix-dgram sockets from
> unix-stream. syslog-ng supports this switch by using another driver, so you
> only need to change your configuration. 
> 
> An alternative solution will be provided to limit the number of simultaneous
> connections kept open. If this limit is reached, syslog-ng will be able to
> send a warning message, and messages will not be simply dropped. IMHO this
> solution is much better, than reverting to sock_dgram.
> 
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