@version: 3.6 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/app-admin/syslog-ng/files/3.4/syslog-ng.conf.gentoo,v 1.2 2013/06/02 01:18:35 mr_bones_ Exp $ # # Syslog-ng default configuration file for Gentoo Linux # https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=426814 @include "scl.conf" options { threaded(yes); chain_hostnames(no); # The default action of syslog-ng is to log a STATS line # to the file every 10 minutes. That's pretty ugly after a while. # Change it to every 12 hours so you get a nice daily update of # how many messages syslog-ng missed (0). stats_freq(43200); # The default action of syslog-ng is to log a MARK line # to the file every 20 minutes. That's seems high for most # people so turn it down to once an hour. Set it to zero # if you don't want the functionality at all. mark_freq(3600); perm(0640); }; source src { system(); internal(); }; destination messages { file("/var/log/messages");}; # By default messages are logged to tty12... destination console_all { file("/dev/tty12"); }; # ...if you intend to use /dev/console for programs like xconsole # you can comment out the destination line above that references /dev/tty12 # and uncomment the line below. #destination console_all { file("/dev/console"); }; # AAA destination identd { file("/var/log/messages-identd"); }; filter f_identd { program("oidentd"); }; log { source(src); filter(f_identd); destination(identd); flags(final); }; log { source(src); destination(messages); }; log { source(src); destination(console_all); };