[syslog-ng]Difficulty with source(net) on Solaris 8 [syslog-ng-1.4.9a]

[Balazs Scheidler]

On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 11:06:29AM -0700, Ken Paris wrote:
> I tried your sample config, and still get no messages logged from external 
> sources. 
> 
> ps -aef | grep syslog
> kparis@dv-netlog$ proc syslog-ng.
>     root 23643     1  0 10:55:03 ?        0:00 /usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng -
> f /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf -p /var/run/syslog-n
> 
> in the log I get only 
> Sep 12 10:55:03 dv-netlog syslog-ng[23643]: syslog-ng version 1.4.9a starting
> 
> when I snoop interface and change a cisco config, I get:
> 
> kparis@netlog$ sudo snoop 112.139.47.241
> Using device /dev/hme (promiscuous mode)
> 112.139.47.241 -> netlog    SYSLOG C port=57785 <5>660: Sep 12 10:52

try truss-ing syslog-ng whether it receives packets. you should see
recvfrom() calls when a message arrives.

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