OK, the rsyslog newbie answers this one himself after noticing the big
clue in the header of /etc/rsyslog.conf, where it says
"For more information see
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog-doc/html/rsyslog_conf.html."
On 12/1/2012 1:27 PM, John Hupp wrote:
I think I know enough now to understand that rsyslog will support
legacy syslog configuration directives, but not any which are specific
to syslog-ng. The directives below don't look like directives from
the existing rsyslog conf file, so I think they will not do the job.
I'm not finding systematic documentation for rsyslog at the web site
(http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/manual.html), but "man rsyslogd" says this:
*Note* *that* *this* *version* *of* *rsyslog* *ships* *with*
*extensive* *documentation* *in*
*html* *format.* This is provided in the ./doc subdirectory and probably
in a separate package if you installed rsyslog via a packaging system.
To use rsyslog's advanced features, you*need* to look at the html
documentation, because the man pages only cover basic aspects of
operation.*For* *details* *and* *configuration* *examples,* *see*
*the*
*rsyslog.conf* *(5)* *man* *page* *and* *the* *online*
*documentation* *at*
*http://www.rsyslog.com/doc*
The only problem is that I can't seem to find the ./doc subdirectory
which it says I *need* to look at. Does anyone know where it is? I
have also now installed rsyslog-doc in case that helps.
On 11/30/2012 4:47 PM, John Hupp wrote:
On Lubuntu Quantal, it looks like rsyslogd is installed with a
certain configuration -- probably just for local logging -- but is
not set to auto-start.
I'm trying to set up remote logs for an LTSP client (to log to the
LTSP server) for the sake of troubleshooting a client boot problem.
The LTSP manual has this sample for syslog-ng's configuration file
/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:
source net-udp { udp(); };
destination remote { file("/var/log/remote/$FULLHOST"); };
log { source(net-udp); destination(remote); };
Does anyone know if the rsyslogd would use the same statements in its
configuration file?
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