[syslog-ng] Creating a named pipe (FIFO)

[Timothy A. Holmes]

Michael - -I created it and pointed syslog-ng at it and its working great -- thank you very much

TIM


Timothy A. Holmes
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu [mailto:syslog-ng-
> bounces at lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of Michael Clark
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:36 AM
> To: 'Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list'
> Subject: RE: [syslog-ng] Creating a named pipe (FIFO)
> 
> Timothy,
> 
> Technically, it's not a "file" but a named pipe.  That means it doesn't
> take
> up space on the disk.  It's a stream that allows you to connect to and
> read
> information that is being presented on it.  Once you have the
> /var/syslog-ng/syslog_fifo named pipe created, you can refer to it by name
> in the configuration files.  I've never used a named pipe in syslog-ng (I
> have in other programs), so I don't know if you use the same command that
> you would to reference a file name.  In the Micromuse Syslog Probe, you
> have
> to use a different parameter name to specify a named pipe than you would
> for
> a file.
> 
> Check the syslog-ng docs to see what the command would be to specify a
> named
> pipe.  It's possible it's the same command.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy A. Holmes [mailto:tholmes at mcaschool.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:15 AM
> To: holtzl.peter at balabit.hu; Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
> Subject: RE: [syslog-ng] Creating a named pipe (FIFO)
> 
> Does that just create the file, which is then used as the destination?
> 
> Is that how it works?
> 
> 
> Timothy A. Holmes
> IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher
> 
> Medina Christian Academy
> A Higher Standard...
> 
> Jeremiah 33:3
> Jeremiah 29:11
> Esther 4:14
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu [mailto:syslog-ng-
> > bounces at lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of HÖLTZL Péter
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 9:35 AM
> > To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
> > Subject: RE: [syslog-ng] Creating a named pipe (FIFO)
> >
> > Hi Timothy,
> >
> > Insted of putting mkfifo into the syslog-ng.conf, add the command
> > 'mkfifo /var/syslog-ng/syslog_fifo' from a command prompt when you are
> > root.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Péter
> >
> >
> > > Does the name of the named pipe need to be the same as the destination
> > line
> > > mkfifo splunk;
> >
> >
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