Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which syslog?

[darren kirby <bulliver@badcomputer.org>]

quoth the kashani:
> darren kirby wrote:
> > quoth the Sven Köhler:
> >>> It does not read /etc/syslog.conf, it
> >>> reads /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf for it's configuration. Chances are
> >>> the default is to send most everything to messages
> >>
> >> Yes, that's the default.
> >>
> >> And actually, i don't want to configure all my machines. I would prefer
> >> a more suitable default config.
> >
> > You're using the wrong OS then ;)
> >
> > Is it really too hard to copy and paste the config from the quickstart
> > guide that Galevsky posted a link to?
> >
> > -d
>
> 	Sane defaults, which Gentoo has most of the time, would be nice in this
> case. Oddly Gentoo used to include a nice syslog-ng.conf back in
> 2003/2004 which was dropped in favor of the current lobotomized conf file.
>
> kashani

Perhaps we need an enhancement bug. See if it gains any traction. I can only 
imagine that the syslog-ng dev(s) thinks /var/log/messages alone is the sane 
default. 

Oh, here it is:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108313

-d
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