[syslog-ng] Syslog relay tag

[Evan Rempel]

concatenate wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Evan Rempel <erempel at uvic.ca> wrote:
>> You will need to enable the keep_hostname(yes) for BOTH the relay box and the syslog server.
> 
> I woudn't say "need" to. In fact I'd recommend keep_hostname(no) and
> long_hostnames(off) for the relay box, then keep_hostname(yes) and
> still long_hostnames(off) for the final syslog server. It's not always
> a good idea to keep the hostname as sent by the initial syslog client,
> so in fact "need" is wrong IMHO.

Thanks for the clearification. I was thinking of a "keep hostnames" or not kind
of architecture and had not really thought about *where* I needed
the specific feature.

Evan.