[syslog-ng]file source driver ???

[Ben Russo]

Here is what I did when I needed to have a STANDARD HP-UX syslog daemon
running on a syslog relay, but wanted the features of syslog-ng.

I started syslog-ng on the standard syslog port and do what I wanted it
to do, EXCEPT write to the local files that the standard HP syslog
daemon would normally do.

I had syslog-ng forward all syslog messages to a high port for syslog
and started the standard syslog on that high port using the standard 
syslog.conf.

Now I can use syslog-ng and syslog-ng.conf, but I ignore all the 
usual destination files on the local host, those I leave to 
syslog.conf and OLD syslog.  But for filtering and forwarding
and forwarding and such I let syslog-ng handle it.

On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 02:00, Salim A. Pathan wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> is it possible to use "/var/log/messages" file as a source driver to
> syslog-ng program??????
> if yes then how????
> can anyone tell me how to use "file("filename" [options])" ???????i got
> some idea from balabit.hu but not enough to start working with it.
> 
> thanx in advance
> salim.
> 
> 
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