On 2/26/07, Andrew Louie wrote:
On 2/26/07, DePriest, Jason R. wrote: > Read the book! > First lines of /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/syslog-ng.README > > If you want to use syslog-ng, just run the /usr/bin/syslog-ng-config > script. This script will create a default configuration file > /etc/syslog-ng.conf and it will install syslog-ng as a service on NT > systems on request. >Okay I got it to work and am posting how i did it incase some poor soul like myself runs into the same problem. 1) use the setup.exe to install the syslog-ng package 2) run: $/usr/bin/syslog-ng-config follow the prompts and install as a service 3) read the help on the syslog-ng.conf (man syslog-ng.conf) define sources, destinations, filters(if necessary) and connect them with "log" statements 3) edit the /etc/syslog-ng.conf file and add the following source: udp(ip("127.0.0.1") port(514)); # ip: localhost, port 514 is syslog, look in /etc/services for definitions of other ports 4) remember to hook up the source to a destination (like messages) 5) save, and start the syslog-ng service (cygrunsrv -S syslog-ng) troubleshooting: If the service fails to start make sure that SYSTEM or whoever you run the syslog-ng service as can read/write /var/log/syslog-ng.log. if the service starts but is not logging messages, restart the service with the -d arguement (debug) and run a tail -f /var/log/syslog-ng.log to see more helpful messages as they appear. -- -Andrew Louie
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