[syslog-ng] syslog-ng not starting

[SheBang]

I hate to state the obvious but this statement is way off: "Port 514
is not listening and I assume it because the syslog-ng service is not
starting." syslog-ng could be running and not configured to listen on
(TCP or UDP) port 514.

You need to see which syslog daemon is configured (as the other ppl on
this thread already said) then make sure it's running, the make sure
it's configured to listen on the port you want, then make sure no
packet filters are blocking your traffic to it.

On 5/12/05, Andrew Morris <morrisa at telusplanet.net> wrote:
> 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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