[syslog-ng] logging facility in log file

[Geller, Sandor (IT)]

Hi,

> I am using syslog-ng to do remote logging for facility of
> "local6" and priority of "warn", the log server is Linux
> system(SLES10 SP1), it works well with the message content,
> only one problem is the keyword of "local6" is not logged in
> the log file, please see the details below:
> on c890mgrs4(Linux)
> Jun 25 20:53:34 c890f12ec07 root: sunjing test 1
> Jun 25 20:53:38 c890f12ec07 root: sunjing test 2
>
> I did the same thing on AIX log server, while it could log
> the keyword of "local6" in log file:
> on c890mgrs3(AIX)
> Jun 25 20:53:34 c890f12ec07 local6:warn|warning c890f12ec07
> root: sunjing test 1
> Jun 25 20:53:38 c890f12ec07 local6:warn|warning c890f12ec07
> root: sunjing test 2
>
> So I am guessing that I did not enable this facility logging
> in syslog-ng, maybe syslog-ng has a certain configuration
> that could let the "facility" logged in message file, am I
> right? or could you point me to the correct method? I need
> this "facility" information to develop my applications.

There are macros which you could use (FACILITY, PRIORITY).
Simply add a template containing these to the destination
section(s). You should check the reference documentation
about templates and macros.

Regards,

Sandor
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