[syslog-ng] specify destination filename in message?

Robert Ulbrich rulbrich at capsher.com
Wed May 7 20:19:52 CEST 2008


>
> That's the solution you've picked.
>   
I still haven't figured out how to actually do this in the configuration 
file.

> What is the reasoning which lead you to pick this solution?
>   
I am going to be using syslog to log messages from an app I am writing. 
I need to be able to
have the messages start going into a new file at an arbitrary time.
> If nothing else, there are significant security and denial of service
> issues inherent in this idea, especially when accepting UDP syslog
> messages, trivially spoofable.
>   
I am only going to be handling messages from my app, not a catch-all 
source.


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