[syslog-ng]syslog-ng hast no more facilities than old syslog?

[Bill Nash]

On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Ekkard Gerlach wrote:

> Is it right that syslog-ng hat no more facilities than
> sylog-old?
>
> I hoped that I could take any name:
>     root@rex2:~>logger -p 'hello.err' hello
>     logger: unknown facility name: hallo.
>

Syslog facilities are standardized, and fairly well established.
Syslog-ng, as a tool, doesn't extend the syslog standard, it's simply a
more robust implementation of the syslog standard. Chances are, any
extensions you're considering fall fairly well inside established
facilities and severities.

- billn