[syslog-ng] Logging loop

[Hiren Patel]

you could have syslog-ng log messages from itself (source internal) to a
separate file and use something like logwatch (or other log monitoring
programs) to watch for errors in the file and report issues.

On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 00:01 +0000, Bryan Henderson wrote:
> My syslog-ng got into an infinite loop when it didn't have permission
> to write to a file destination.  It tried to log to that same
> destination the fact that it failed to log.
> 
> Is there a recommended way to configure syslog-ng to avoid this?
> Maybe I could route messages from Syslog itself to some relatively
> reliable destination or just turn them off?  
> 
> If not, what would be a good enhancement to the program to avoid loops?
> 
> I had the problem with syslog-ng 2.0.2.
> 
-- 
Hiren Patel

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