[syslog-ng] what influence occurs ?

Geller, Sandor (IT) Sandor.Geller at morganstanley.com
Thu Jul 5 10:12:20 CEST 2007


Hello,

> Hi,
> 
> I want to know what influence occurs when syslogd service and 
> syslog-ng 
> service start in one node.
> Could anyone tell me?

Basically it depends on your syslog-ng configuration. If you omit
/proc/kmsg and /dev/log
from your config then syslog-ng and syslogd/klogd can co-operate.
However as syslog-ng
is superior to syslogd, I would like to recommend using it exclusively.

Regards,

Sandor
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