[syslog-ng] syslog-ng not starting

[Andrew Morris]

In general the standard syslog service provided by the OS vendor needs 
to be shutdown and disabled before syslog-ng may be used.  The reason is 
that both of these tools use the same port number and whichever tool is 
started first will lock down the port and not allow the other to start.

I don't work with SUSE, but I'm guessing the startup script may be found 
under /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d/init.d.  You may also want to take a look 
at http://www.syslog.org as they have a few howto/guides on replacing 
your syslog service with replacements.

Rechtorik, Keith wrote:

> I am attempting to install syslog-ng on SUSE Linux and having issues
> starting the service. Port 514 is not listening and I assume it because the
> syslog-ng service is not starting. Does the syslog service start the
> syslog-ng service? If not how do I start the service?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Keith Rechtorik
> Network Administrator
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