[syslog-ng] Questions regarding Syslog-ng

Zoltán Pallagi pzolee at balabit.hu
Wed May 5 09:59:08 CEST 2010


Hi Dyne,

cwrote:
> Dear Syslog-ng developers,
>
> I am very interested and impressed with the many features of Syslog-ng
> as compared to Syslogd and would consider implement it in my servers.
>   
Thank you
> However, I do have some questions regarding Syslog-ng that I would
> like to enquiry as below.
>
> 1) Is it possible for both Syslogd and Syslog-ng to co-exist and run
> concurrently in a single server? The rational for this question is due
> to support reason and security reason that will require the presence
> of Syslogd even though it can be replaced by Syslog-ng.
>   

Yes it is. See the earlier mail of Bazsi: 
https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2008-November/012271.html

However, you should avoid the conflicts, so be careful if you want to 
use the same resources in both configuration.


> Thank you for the time!
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Dyne Lai
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