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 -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
