Kris Deugau writes ("Re: Syslog file paths in 'metalog'? (#423299)"):
> Literally and exactly that - I want to be able to tell it to put
> daemon.* in /var/daemonlogs/mainlog, mail.info in
> /var/mailbits/mail.info, mail.debug in /tmp/debuglogs/maildebug.log, and
&g
Milan P. Stanic wrote:
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 01:11:32PM -0500, Kris Deugau wrote:
In general, I would say as a sysadmin that any syslog daemon that does not
allow me to configure any given log facility and priority to (at least!) an
arbitrary file wherever I want it is inherently broken.
Wh
On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 09:37:17AM +0100, Christoph Haas wrote:
> The problem is not that I'm too lazy to maintain the package. It is just
> not a useful replacement for other syslog daemons because the file names
> that metalog writes to are not configurable.
Yes, sometimes that can be a big prob
On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 12:07:34AM +0100, Milan P. Stanic wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 01:42:02PM +0100, Christoph Haas wrote:
> > I think I agree to that. Thus I will request the removal of the package
> > until metalog will one day be more configurable and allow to mimic other
> > syslog daem
On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 01:42:02PM +0100, Christoph Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 01:11:32PM -0500, Kris Deugau wrote:
> > Mmmh. Strictly speaking, sysklogd logs mail to /var/log/mail.log, along
> > with duplicating (!!) much of the content to (IIRC) /var/log/messages and
> > /var/log/ma
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 01:11:32PM -0500, Kris Deugau wrote:
> Christoph Haas wrote:
>> At work we are using syslog-ng a lot and it's very useful for a central
>> logging server. However I don't like the syntax because it's verbose and
>> typo-prone. So I was looking at metalog and seeing it orphan
Christoph Haas wrote:
Fellow Debianistas...
At work we are using syslog-ng a lot and it's very useful for a central
logging server. However I don't like the syntax because it's verbose and
typo-prone. So I was looking at metalog and seeing it orphaned I decided
to adopt it (#423299). I've starte
On 06-Dec-07, 07:09 (CST), Christoph Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'd like to hear your opinions on whether alternative syslog daemons
> would need to use the exact same paths and file names as the sysklogd
> does. syslog-ng's default config mimics sysklogd's behavior. At least
> switching
Christoph Haas schrieb:
> Fellow Debianistas...
>
> At work we are using syslog-ng a lot and it's very useful for a central
> logging server. However I don't like the syntax because it's verbose and
> typo-prone.
You might take a look at rsyslog then. It basically has the same syntax
as stock sys
Fellow Debianistas...
At work we are using syslog-ng a lot and it's very useful for a central
logging server. However I don't like the syntax because it's verbose and
typo-prone. So I was looking at metalog and seeing it orphaned I decided
to adopt it (#423299). I've started bringing the package i
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