[syslog-ng]Configure syslog-ng to act as a central logging server

[Bill Nash]

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Ryan McCain wrote:

> I'm starting to understand the syntax.  However, what part of this
> statement tells syslog-ng to create a file for each host its receiving
> logs from?

> destination hosts {
> file("/var/syslog/HOSTS/$HOST/$YEAR/$MONTH/$HOST-$FACILITY-$YEAR$MONTH$DAY"
> owner(bob) group(llamafood) perm(0755) dir_perm(0755) create_dirs(yes));


If the file doesn't exist, it will be created. If the directory doesn't 
exist, you need the create_dirs directive.

- billn