"it does not work": no output? error message? exception? machine catches on fire?
make sure that your syslog is set up to receive from the network (default port udp port 514) , and not just /dev/log. 'hostname' is indeed the name of the machine running the syslog daemon? Douglas E Wegscheid Lead Technical Analyst, Whirlpool Corporation (269)-923-5278 "A wrong note played hesitatingly is a wrong note. A wrong note played with conviction is interpretation." DASHGIR <sandeep.mo...@fiserv.com> wrote on 06/26/2009 08:41:57 AM: > > I am trying to use SyslogAppender for Linux and AIX. It does not work. > This is my properties file > > log4j.info=true > log4j.rootLogger=INFO, FILE, SYSLOG > log4j.appender.FILE=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender > log4j.appender.FILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout > log4j.appender.FILE.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n > log4j.appender.SYSLOG=org.apache.log4j.net.SyslogAppender > log4j.appender.SYSLOG.syslogHost=hostname > log4j.appender.SYSLOG.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout > log4j.appender.SYSLOG.layout.ConversionPattern=%p: %c - %m > log4j.appender.SYSLOG.Facility=USER > > The code which uses it is simple > > public static void main(String[] args) { > // TODO Auto-generated method stub > PropertyConfigurator.configure("log.properties"); > > Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(SyslogAppenderTest.class.getName()); > > > logger.info("******This test message******"); > } > > The syslog.conf contains the entry > > user.info /var/log/syslogtest.log > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/SyslogAppender- > on-linux-and-aix-tp24219637p24219637.html > Sent from the Log4j - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: log4j-user-unsubscr...@logging.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: log4j-user-h...@logging.apache.org >