[syslog-ng]Using logger with syslog-ng

[Vaibhav Goel]

Hi all,

I am new syslog-ng user.  I am trying to figure out how to get a loghost
going and taking baby steps with the documentation available :-)

I got syslog-ng configured on a Linux server as such:

source s_test {
   tcp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514));
};

destination d_test {
   file("/var/log/test.log");
};


log {
   source(s_test);
   destination(d_test);
};


I can connect to localhost on 514 fine:

telnet localhost 514
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1).
Escape character is '^]'.


So it appears that syslog-ng is at least running fine.

I would like to use logger to send a test log message to syslog-ng.  I
googled and looked at the FAQ and docs but cannot find a way.  Can
anyone help or point me to a relevant document I could read? :-)

Thanks!