[syslog-ng] Syslog-ng & pipe question

[Sandor Geller]

syslogyk wrote:
>   Hi!
> 
> Could you please help me with this question?
> 
> I have the following strings in my syslog-ng.conf:
> 
> source src {
>         internal();
>         unix-dgram("/dev/log");
>         unix-dgram("/var/lib/named/dev/log");
> };
> ... skipped ...
> filter f_debug { level(debug); };
> destination d_yuri { pipe("/dev/yuri_pipe"); };
> log {
>         source(src);
>         filter(f_debug);
>         destination(d_yuri);
> };
> 
> With this configuration, I execute the following commands in the first console:
> 
> mkfifo /dev/yuri_pipe
> cat /dev/yuri_pipe
> 
> On the other console I generate an event (for instance, "logger blablabla"). And cat /dev/yuri_pipe on the first console outputs nothing.
> 
> What's wrong in my syslog-ng.conf? Can I get events in my pipe? 
> 
> Thank you in advance,
>                        Yuri
> P.S. Sorry, if you receive this message twice.

You have to create the pipe BEFORE starting syslog-ng, and set the
priority of the log message: logger -p debug blabla

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Sandor Geller
wildy at balabit.hu