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quoth the kashani: |
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> darren kirby wrote: |
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> > quoth the Sven Köhler: |
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> >>> It does not read /etc/syslog.conf, it |
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> >>> reads /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf for it's configuration. Chances are |
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> >>> the default is to send most everything to messages |
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> >> |
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> >> Yes, that's the default. |
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> >> |
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> >> And actually, i don't want to configure all my machines. I would prefer |
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> >> a more suitable default config. |
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> > |
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> > You're using the wrong OS then ;) |
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> > |
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> > Is it really too hard to copy and paste the config from the quickstart |
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> > guide that Galevsky posted a link to? |
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> > |
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> > -d |
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> |
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> Sane defaults, which Gentoo has most of the time, would be nice in this |
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> case. Oddly Gentoo used to include a nice syslog-ng.conf back in |
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> 2003/2004 which was dropped in favor of the current lobotomized conf file. |
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> |
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> kashani |
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Perhaps we need an enhancement bug. See if it gains any traction. I can only |
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imagine that the syslog-ng dev(s) thinks /var/log/messages alone is the sane |
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default. |
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Oh, here it is: |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108313 |
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-d |
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darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org |
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"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." |
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- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 |
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