[syslog-ng] message numbers

Balazs Scheidler bazsi@balabit.hu
Fri, 25 Feb 2000 13:14:02 +0100


> I'm in the progress of replacing Suns syslogd with syslog-ng 1.4.0rc2.
> I'm sure this is an FAQ, but how can I make it include message numbers?
> 
> With Sun syslogd I get:
> 
>    Feb 23 13:17:58 hostname 1288115: the_message_itself
> 
> but with syslog-ng I only get:
> 
>    Feb 23 13:17:58 hostname : the_message_itself
> 
> The number "1288115" is missing, and I cannot figure out how to configure
> syslog-ng to include it. Unfortunately, I really need this number for
> post-processing of logs... Any suggestions?

what is this message number? A serial number?

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