[syslog-ng]I don't understand chain_hostnames option & why it fixes this problem...

[syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu]

My little brainless syslog-ng.conf below NEEDS the one option
you see or else the log file will refer to host as
"src@myhostname" instead of just "myhostname".

Please explain a little better what chain_hostnames
does/means and why it fixes this problem.

Is there some other simpler way to fix aforementioned
problem??



options          {chain_hostnames(no);};
source      src  {unix-stream("/dev/log"); pipe("/proc/kmsg"); internal();};
destination dest {file("/var/log/messages");};
log              {source(src); destination(dest);};

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