[syslog-ng]Using logger with syslog-ng

[Vaibhav Goel]

Hi Ed,

Thanks for your prompt reply.  It is as I suspected....I won't be able
to use logger to test.  

I am running RedHat Linux.  Please note that syslogd and syslog-ng need
to co-exist on the source as well as the loghost.  I see in the FAQ that
this is possible.  Should I get syslog-ng to listen on the UDP port 514
meant for syslogd?  Is there any quick way I can test this setup?  

Thanks,

Vaibhav Goel


On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 12:25, Ed Ravin wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 12:08:15PM -0800, Vaibhav Goel wrote:
> > 
> > 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));
> > };
> 
> logger uses the standard Unix syslog library to send its messages.
> That library doesn't know how to send messages via TCP.  Also,
> you didn't mention what OS you were running, chances are close to 100%
> that your OS libraries by default send syslog messages via a local
> IPC method like a Unix domain socket.  You'll need to tell syslog-ng
> to listen for packets coming in on that method.
> 
> It would be nice if we had a version of logger where you could specify
> the transport method - it would be good for testing syslog-ng when you're
> setting up centralized servers.  Patches anyone?
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