[syslog-ng] Strange ... IP Address instead of the machine name ....

[Sandor Geller]

fredzy padzy wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I'm centralizing the logs of ten servers in on central one, thanks to
> syslog-ng, and some syslogd on the servers (which are different OS, like
> AIX, Solaris, HP UX ...).
> 
> I use php-syslog as a web interface, and it works great =)
> 
> But i've noticed that my php-syslog has got one problem :
> 
> In the 'server' comboBox, i can see some IP address and just a few name,
> which aren't DNS ones.
> 
> I'm not sure where my central server has found thoses names ( maybe in the
> packets send by the clients) but i've checked the file /etc/hosts of this
> central server.
> 
> I've written down there the ip addresses (of the comboBox) followed by a
> 'tab' and then, the name that i want to be displayed ....
> 
> But nothing to do ... i desn't work like that.
> 
> So maybe someone can help me :)
> 
> thanks a lot :=)

Unfortunately php-syslogng is a 3rd-party product therefore it isn't
supported on this list or by BalaBit. Please forward your questions
related to pyp-syslogng to the developers of php-syslogng.

If you see several hostnames and IP addresses in your logs then verify
your syslog-ng configuration, especially those options which are related
to DNS/hostname lookups and hostname rewriting. Without the exactr
configuration of your central syslog-ng server I'm unable to help.

Regards,

-- 
Sandor Geller
wildy at balabit.hu