On 1/8/03 6:11 pm, "edj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Using syslog-ng. /var/log/messages fills with "syslog-ng[717]: STATS: > dropped 0", one after another. OK - so syslog is working. However, an > identical log appears in /var/log/syslog. How to keep it from logging > to messages? Sorry, but syslog.conf is gibberish to me, and the man > page is not very helpful. Any advice appreciated. Thanks.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] stroller $ cat /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf.out-of-the-box o # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/app-admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.conf.gentoo,v 1.3 2003/05/12 22:43:48 msterret Exp $ # # Syslog-ng default configuration file for Gentoo Linux # contributed by Michael Sterrett options { long_hostnames(off); sync(0); # The default action of syslog-ng 1.6.0 is to log a STATS line # to the file every 10 minutes. That's pretty ugly after a while. # Change it to every 12 hours so you get a nice daily update of # how many messages syslog-ng missed (0). stats(43200); }; HTH, Stroller. -- Enjoyed this post? Thanks for reading - please consider employing me! Technical support / system administration - CV available on request Linux / Unix / Windows / Mac OS X - UK or anywhere considered -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list