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LeoSolaris

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From: South Carolina

Registered: 2008-03-30

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[SOLVED - Unimportant] syslog-ng complains about it's conf file.

Yesterday I did a much needed update. It went fairly smoothly, but I noticed that syslog-ng, on start up, says that syslog-ng.conf is in an invalid format, ignoring. It's not like I pay super close attentions to my log files, since this isn't a server, but I do want them to work properly in case I need them.

Can someone post a working syslog-ng.conf file for me so I can compare them? I have no idea what "invalid format" mine could possible be using, as it is a fresh ftp install that has been operating for about a week now. I've never messed with it's conf file.

I tried to reinstall it after renaming it to conf.bak, but the resulting conf file was exactly the same as far as I could tell.

Here is the orginal

#
# /etc/syslog-ng.conf
#

options {
  sync (0);
  time_reopen (10);
  log_fifo_size (1000);
  long_hostnames(off); 
  use_dns (no);
  use_fqdn (no);
  create_dirs (no);
  keep_hostname (yes);
  perm(0640);
  group("log");
};

source src {
  unix-stream("/dev/log");
  internal();
  file("/proc/kmsg");
};

destination authlog { file("/var/log/auth.log"); };
destination syslog { file("/var/log/syslog.log"); };
destination cron { file("/var/log/crond.log"); };
destination daemon { file("/var/log/daemon.log"); };
destination kernel { file("/var/log/kernel.log"); };
destination lpr { file("/var/log/lpr.log"); };
destination user { file("/var/log/user.log"); };
destination uucp { file("/var/log/uucp.log"); };
destination mail { file("/var/log/mail.log"); };
destination news { file("/var/log/news.log"); };
destination ppp { file("/var/log/ppp.log"); };
destination debug { file("/var/log/debug.log"); };
destination messages { file("/var/log/messages.log"); };
destination errors { file("/var/log/errors.log"); };
destination everything { file("/var/log/everything.log"); };
destination iptables { file("/var/log/iptables.log"); };
destination acpid { file("/var/log/acpid.log"); };
destination console { usertty("root"); };

# Log everything to vc12
destination console_all { file("/dev/vc/12"); };

filter f_auth { facility(auth); };
filter f_authpriv { facility(auth, authpriv); };
filter f_syslog { program(syslog-ng); };
filter f_cron { facility(cron); };
filter f_daemon { facility(daemon); };
filter f_kernel { facility(kern) and not filter(f_iptables); };
filter f_lpr { facility(lpr); };
filter f_mail { facility(mail); };
filter f_news { facility(news); };
filter f_user { facility(user); };
filter f_uucp { facility(cron); };
filter f_news { facility(news); };
filter f_ppp { facility(local2); };
filter f_debug { not facility(auth, authpriv, news, mail); };
filter f_messages { level(info..warn) and not facility(auth, authpriv, mail, news, cron) and not program(syslog-ng) and not filter(f_iptables); };
filter f_everything { level(debug..emerg) and not facility(auth, authpriv); };
filter f_emergency { level(emerg); };
filter f_info { level(info); };
filter f_notice { level(notice); };
filter f_warn { level(warn); };
filter f_crit { level(crit); };
filter f_err { level(err); };
filter f_iptables { match("IN=.*OUT="); };
filter f_acpid { program("acpid"); };

log { source(src); filter(f_acpid); destination(acpid); };
log { source(src); filter(f_authpriv); destination(authlog); };
log { source(src); filter(f_syslog); destination(syslog); };
log { source(src); filter(f_cron); destination(cron); };
log { source(src); filter(f_daemon); destination(daemon); };
log { source(src); filter(f_kernel); destination(kernel); };
log { source(src); filter(f_lpr); destination(lpr); };
log { source(src); filter(f_mail); destination(mail); };
log { source(src); filter(f_news); destination(news); };
log { source(src); filter(f_ppp); destination(ppp); };
log { source(src); filter(f_user); destination(user); };
log { source(src); filter(f_uucp); destination(uucp); };
#log { source(src); filter(f_debug); destination(debug); };
log { source(src); filter(f_messages); destination(messages); };
log { source(src); filter(f_err); destination(errors); };
log { source(src); filter(f_emergency); destination(console); };
log { source(src); filter(f_everything); destination(everything); };
log { source(src); filter(f_iptables); destination(iptables); };

# Log everything to vc12
#log { source(src); destination(console_all); };

Here is the 'new' one, post re-install:

#
# /etc/syslog-ng.conf
#

options {
  sync (0);
  time_reopen (10);
  log_fifo_size (1000);
  long_hostnames(off); 
  use_dns (no);
  use_fqdn (no);
  create_dirs (no);
  keep_hostname (yes);
  perm(0640);
  group("log");
};

source src {
  unix-stream("/dev/log");
  internal();
  file("/proc/kmsg");
};

destination authlog { file("/var/log/auth.log"); };
destination syslog { file("/var/log/syslog.log"); };
destination cron { file("/var/log/crond.log"); };
destination daemon { file("/var/log/daemon.log"); };
destination kernel { file("/var/log/kernel.log"); };
destination lpr { file("/var/log/lpr.log"); };
destination user { file("/var/log/user.log"); };
destination uucp { file("/var/log/uucp.log"); };
destination mail { file("/var/log/mail.log"); };
destination news { file("/var/log/news.log"); };
destination ppp { file("/var/log/ppp.log"); };
destination debug { file("/var/log/debug.log"); };
destination messages { file("/var/log/messages.log"); };
destination errors { file("/var/log/errors.log"); };
destination everything { file("/var/log/everything.log"); };
destination iptables { file("/var/log/iptables.log"); };
destination acpid { file("/var/log/acpid.log"); };
destination console { usertty("root"); };

# Log everything to vc12
destination console_all { file("/dev/vc/12"); };

filter f_auth { facility(auth); };
filter f_authpriv { facility(auth, authpriv); };
filter f_syslog { program(syslog-ng); };
filter f_cron { facility(cron); };
filter f_daemon { facility(daemon); };
filter f_kernel { facility(kern) and not filter(f_iptables); };
filter f_lpr { facility(lpr); };
filter f_mail { facility(mail); };
filter f_news { facility(news); };
filter f_user { facility(user); };
filter f_uucp { facility(cron); };
filter f_news { facility(news); };
filter f_ppp { facility(local2); };
filter f_debug { not facility(auth, authpriv, news, mail); };
filter f_messages { level(info..warn) and not facility(auth, authpriv, mail, news, cron) and not program(syslog-ng) and not filter(f_iptables); };
filter f_everything { level(debug..emerg) and not facility(auth, authpriv); };
filter f_emergency { level(emerg); };
filter f_info { level(info); };
filter f_notice { level(notice); };
filter f_warn { level(warn); };
filter f_crit { level(crit); };
filter f_err { level(err); };
filter f_iptables { match("IN=.*OUT="); };
filter f_acpid { program("acpid"); };

log { source(src); filter(f_acpid); destination(acpid); };
log { source(src); filter(f_authpriv); destination(authlog); };
log { source(src); filter(f_syslog); destination(syslog); };
log { source(src); filter(f_cron); destination(cron); };
log { source(src); filter(f_daemon); destination(daemon); };
log { source(src); filter(f_kernel); destination(kernel); };
log { source(src); filter(f_lpr); destination(lpr); };
log { source(src); filter(f_mail); destination(mail); };
log { source(src); filter(f_news); destination(news); };
log { source(src); filter(f_ppp); destination(ppp); };
log { source(src); filter(f_user); destination(user); };
log { source(src); filter(f_uucp); destination(uucp); };
#log { source(src); filter(f_debug); destination(debug); };
log { source(src); filter(f_messages); destination(messages); };
log { source(src); filter(f_err); destination(errors); };
log { source(src); filter(f_emergency); destination(console); };
log { source(src); filter(f_everything); destination(everything); };
log { source(src); filter(f_iptables); destination(iptables); };

# Log everything to vc12
#log { source(src); destination(console_all); };

Maybe someone with sharper eyes than I can spot a difference that would be messing it up...

Last edited by LeoSolaris (2009-01-25 01:23:42)

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SamC

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From: Calgary

Registered: 2008-05-13

Posts: 611

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Re: [SOLVED - Unimportant] syslog-ng complains about it's conf file.

They're identical, according to diff.

Laertes

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From: Munich

Registered: 2007-04-08

Posts: 66

Re: [SOLVED - Unimportant] syslog-ng complains about it's conf file.

Same error here, but apparently syslog is working perfectly.

foutrelis

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2008-07-28

Posts: 705

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Re: [SOLVED - Unimportant] syslog-ng complains about it's conf file.

I had the same problem just after upgrading. It seems that it has gone away now (maybe because the computer was restarted?).

joephantom

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From: Latinoamérica

Registered: 2008-01-09

Posts: 94

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Re: [SOLVED - Unimportant] syslog-ng complains about it's conf file.

Same problem here.

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Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

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Re: [SOLVED - Unimportant] syslog-ng complains about it's conf file.

Don't worry about it: http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch … 09514.html

Laertes

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From: Munich

Registered: 2007-04-08

Posts: 66

Re: [SOLVED - Unimportant] syslog-ng complains about it's conf file.

Yeah, I only saw it in the first reboot after upgrading syslog-ng, but not in the next reboots.

LeoSolaris

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From: South Carolina

Registered: 2008-03-30

Posts: 354

Re: [SOLVED - Unimportant] syslog-ng complains about it's conf file.

Thanks guys, I reinstalled syslog-ng, restarted, and it stopped. I figured it was just a minor glitch.

Sorry I hadn't posted back quicker, it's been hectic lately.

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