[syslog-ng]Syslog Chaining doesn't work as expected

[Gregor Binder]

Wiktor Wodecki on Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 12:04:38PM +0100:

Wiktor,

> I've got a problem with chaining syslog messages. Basically I try to
> forward syslog messages via a host to our loggingserver, but the
> loggingserver doesn't get that's it's from an other host and not the

depending on how your systems are configured, you might get good
results with turning keep_hostname on if that's an option.

> same name but with different fqdn's I can't use that. Since I've turned
> on logn_hostnames and use_fqdn I'm a bit curious what to do. Is this a
> bug or did I miss an option in the docs? All hosts are in /etc/hosts on
> the Loggingserver and all three machines use current stable release
> 1.4.11.

- Is your resolver configured properly? (nsswitch.conf) or
- Do you use FQDNs in /etc/hosts?
- What syslog-ng options are you using on the GATESERVER?

Cheers,

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