[syslog-ng] program destination

[Gergely Nagy]

Thomas Wollner <tw at wollner-net.de> writes:

> Hello,
>
> we are using syslog-ng version 3.1.3 (open source edition) on a debian  
> 6 system. Currently we switched from version 2 to version 3 and we  
> noticed the following change:
>
> we are using sec.pl as a program destination to correlate and filter our logs.
> on version 2 syslog-ng was sending a term signal in case of a stop or  
> restart to programs/scripts invoked via program destination. on  
> version 3 the programs didnt receive the signals and still keep  
> running. in the admin / reference guide I see some options for the  
> program destination, but none for signal handling.
>
> Is this the intended behaviour of syslog-ng v3? How can I tell  
> syslog-ng v3 to send signals to programs which are started by syslog-ng?

This is on my radar, will have a look as soon as possible.

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