[syslog-ng] 3.01 facility(syslog) returns an error

Sandor Geller (IT) Sandor.Geller at morganstanley.com
Fri Feb 13 09:33:43 CET 2009


Hi,

> Continuing with my 3.01 install.  My .conf files contains on line 61:
>
> filter fprinceton_syslog { facility(syslog); };
>
> [root at princeton src]# ./syslog-ng -s
> syntax error in /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng.conf at line 61.
>
> However, if I change that to the numeric equivalent:
>
> filter fprinceton_syslog { facility(5); };
>
> [root at princeton src]# ./syslog-ng -s
> [root at princeton src]#
>
> the error goes away.

Both issues have been fixed already, but there is no official release
containing the
fixes. You could pull the fixes from the git tree, see

http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system/scm/

Regards,

Sandor


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