On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:27:43PM +0100, jernej horvat wrote: > On Thursday 21 November 2002 02:38, Russell Coker wrote: > > > Does multilog allow filtering log messages to determine which ones are > > worth logging to disk? That's the only feature that I'd like to see in > > syslog. > > Then you might try http://www.balabit.hu/en/downloads/syslog-ng/
IIRC, the last time i looked at syslog-ng, it had no ability to write log files asynchronously which made it unsuitable for use on heavy-load servers - e.g. medium to large ISP mail servers. apart from that, it's a pretty good program. very flexible & configurable. fine for smallish servers. there are other alternatives to syslog too, including a new one called metalog which i haven't had time to look at yet (so i have no idea if it's any good or not - the description sounds good). Package: metalog Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 124 Maintainer: Sebastien J. Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 0.7beta-1 Replaces: syslogd, sysklogd Provides: syslogd, system-log-daemon, klogd, linux-kernel-log-daemon Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5-13), libpcre3 Conflicts: syslogd, sysklogd Filename: pool/main/m/metalog/metalog_0.7beta-1_i386.deb Size: 19682 MD5sum: 077c0e023ee2c582412470a88d9c6728 Description: Modern logging daemon Metalog is a modern replacement for syslogd and klogd. The logged messages can be dispatched according to their facility, urgency, program name and/or Perl-compatible regular expressions. Log files can be automatically rotated when they exceed a certain size or age. External shell scripts (e.g., mail) can be launched when specific patterns are found. Metalog is easier to configure than syslogd and syslog-ng, accepts unlimited number of rules and has (switchable) memory bufferization for maximal performance. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fabricati Diem, PVNC. -- motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch
