Adding the email alias... On 9/26/06, Clayton Dukes (cdukes) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Stuart, > It's important that you post to the email alias so that others can learn > from this as well :-) > Also, please be sure to use my non-work email which is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For your dbgen issue: > 1. make sure the path to your config file is correct in the file. > 2. Make sure you have all the necessary perl modules needed to run the file > (sounds like this is the problem) > Look at the file and, wherever it says "use xx" (like use DBD), you'll need > to have that perl module installed on your server. > Take a look at cpan.org for more information on installing perl modules. > Also, you do realize that dbgen is only used for testing (generating fake > events) right? ie, you don't need it to run the system. > > Install steps: > 1. Make sure apache/php and mysql are set up > 2. extract the tarball to your html directory > 3. point to http://server/install and follow instructions > 4. set up your syslog-ng to log to mysql > > > ________________________________ > From: Stuart Boyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 8:52 AM > To: Clayton Dukes (cdukes) > Subject: Phpsyslog-ng > > > > > Hello Clayton > > I thought I would try and email you direct on the off chance you may have > time to reply and save my sanity…….im having issues with phpsyslog and have > seen you advising and correcting issues all across the board (aka forum > :-)). > > I have a working copy of syslog-ng that logs device messages to a central > server, all messages are stored per device, in directories that are > yyyy.mm.dd titled. This has run successfully for a number of months and due > to a short lull in other projects I started devoting time to installing > php/mysql/apache in order to run phpsyslog-ng, thinking "this looks easy, it > shouldn't take too long to figure out" how wrong I was ! > > In the past week and a half I have worked with a couple of different > iterations of the software and have had little or no success. Software > installed is as follows: > > MySQL 5.0, Apache2 and PHP4 are all installed, im also running Perl 5.8.3. > I'm running SUSE 9.1 on a X86 platform. > > Since removing all traces of other phpsyslog-ng installations yesterday as > none of them were a. working or b. what I wanted (having seen your new > configuration) I have been trying to get perl to run your dbgen.pl script in > order to get the database created. I have received a number of errors since > beginning down this path and they are all perl related, I wonder if you had > experienced any issues with perl not working with your scripts when you > started and if you could assist with any pointers, in particular what are > the minimum versions of perl that your scripts will run with. > > The whole issue started when I ran the script the first time and received an > error message relating to dbd:Mysql, the system is running version 2.9003, I > have attempted an install of 3.007 and get numerous errors and requests for > newer packages. > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards > > Stuart > > Stuart Boyle > > Network Security Engineer > Cybertrust > T: +1 443.367.7049 > M: +1 443.610.7224 > F: +1 443.367.7095 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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