From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HtT7x-0002xb-Bk for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 30 May 2007 18:42:33 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4UIeVSw024281; Wed, 30 May 2007 18:40:31 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4UIXhOW013387 for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 18:33:44 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93B8264C01 for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 18:33:43 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: 0.034 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.034 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.034] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id sDp+1QL6Gp-i for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 18:33:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pd2mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DC3564799 for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 18:33:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pd2mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr4so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.107]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JIV0023KA5SC7C0@l-daemon> for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 30 May 2007 12:32:16 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml8so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.152]) by pd2mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JIV00FT8A5LYSN1@pd2mr4so.prod.shaw.ca> for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 30 May 2007 12:32:16 -0600 (MDT) Received: from virgo.badcomputer.org ([68.148.98.184]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JIV003QQA5LXW30@l-daemon> for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 30 May 2007 12:32:09 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 12:32:02 -0600 From: darren kirby Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which syslog? In-reply-to: <465DBCC2.1090401@badapple.net> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <200705301232.02990.bulliver@badcomputer.org> Organization: Badcomputer Org. Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline References: <200705301154.29954.bulliver@badcomputer.org> <465DBCC2.1090401@badapple.net> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 X-Archives-Salt: b411f28c-430a-4b76-93b5-90cd024881ec X-Archives-Hash: b784b42b817f5a2b806f93c372599a31 quoth the kashani: > darren kirby wrote: > > quoth the Sven K=C3=B6hler: > >>> It does not read /etc/syslog.conf, it > >>> reads /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf for it's configuration. Chances a= re > >>> 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 onl= y=20 imagine that the syslog-ng dev(s) thinks /var/log/messages alone is the san= e=20 default.=20 Oh, here it is: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D108313 =2Dd =2D-=20 darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." =2D Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list