[syslog-ng] logging via tcp connection

[Brian K. Mohr]

will@korson-mcgregor.com wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to set up a Linux Firewall to log to a central log box. 
> Both are running syslog-ng 1.4.4 on Debian 2.2.
[snip]
> # syslog-ng -d -v
> binding fd 3, unixaddr: /dev/log
> io.c: listening on fd 3
> io.c: connecting using fd 4
> connecting fd 4 to inetaddr 10.0.0.87, port 1999
> Error creating AF_INET socket (Operation now in progress)
> Error initializing configuration, exiting.

I encountered the same problem when attempting to upgrade from 1.4.3 to
1.4.4 on Red Hat 6.x. (Although version 1.4.3 seems to have no trouble
connecting to 1.4.4 running on the loghost.) My (admittedly lazy)
temporary solution was not to upgrade. 

Brian Mohr