syslog-ng logs

[manishkumar6288]

Hi,

I have cross compiled syslog-ng for mipsel-linux target board and its working on that.
When i see the logs in /var/logs/ , all the files are not visible in the logs directory that we are using in syslog-ng.conf file.
Please see the conf file ::

# Configuration file for syslog-ng under Debian
#
# attempts at reproducing default syslog behavior

# the standard syslog levels are (in descending order of priority):
# emerg alert crit err warning notice info debug
# the aliases "error", "panic", and "warn" are deprecated
# the "none" priority found in the original syslogd configuration is
# only used in internal messages created by syslogd


######
options {
# disable the chained hostname format in logs
# (default is enabled)
chain_hostnames(0);

# the time to wait before a died connection is re-established
# (default is 60)
time_reopen(10);

# the time to wait before an idle destination file is closed
# (default is 60)
time_reap(360);

# the number of lines buffered before written to file
# you might want to increase this if your disk isn't catching with
# all the log messages you get or if you want less disk activity
# (say on a laptop)
# (default is 0)
#sync(0);

# the number of lines fitting in the output queue
log_fifo_size(2048 );

# enable or disable directory creation for destination files
create_dirs(yes );

# default owner, group, and permissions for log files
# (defaults are 0, 0, 0600)
#owner(root);
group(adm);
perm(0640);

# default owner, group, and permissions for created directories
# (defaults are 0, 0, 0700)
#dir_owner(root);
#dir_group(root);
dir_perm(0755);

# enable or disable DNS usage
# syslog-ng blocks on DNS queries, so enabling DNS may lead to
# a Denial of Service attack
# (default is yes)
use_dns(no);

# maximum length of message in bytes
# this is only limited by the program listening on the /dev/log Unix
# socket, glibc can handle arbitrary length log messages, but -- for
# example -- syslogd accepts only 1024 bytes
# (default is 204
#log_msg_size(204;
};

######
# sources

# all known message sources
source s_all {
# message generated by Syslog-NG
#source src { file("/proc/kmsg"); unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal(); };
internal();
# standard Linux log source (this is the default place for the syslog()
# function to send logs to)
unix-stream("/dev/log");
# messages from the kernel
file("/proc/kmsg" log_prefix("kernel: "));
# use the following line if you want to receive remote UDP logging messages
# (this is equivalent to the "-r" syslogd flag)
tcp(port(1390) keep-alive(yes));
};

######
# destinations


# some standard log files
destination df_auth { file("/var/log/auth.log"); };
destination df_syslog { file("/var/log/syslog"); };
destination df_cron { file("/var/log/cron.log"); };
destination df_daemon { file("/var/log/daemon.log"); };
destination df_kern { file("/var/log/kern.log"); };
destination df_lpr { file("/var/log/lpr.log"); };
destination df_mail { file("/var/log/mail.log"); };
destination df_user { file("/var/log/user.log"); };
destination df_uucp { file("/var/log/uucp.log"); };

#destination remote {udp("10.131.150.51" port(1390));};
#destination remote {tcp("10.131.150.51" port(1390));};

# these files are meant for the mail system log files
# and provide re-usable destinations for {mail,cron,...}.info,
# {mail,cron,...}.notice, etc.
destination df_facility_dot_info { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.info"); };
destination df_facility_dot_notice { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.notice"); };
destination df_facility_dot_warn { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.warn"); };
destination df_facility_dot_err { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.err"); };
destination df_facility_dot_crit { file("/var/log/$FACILITY.crit"); };

# these files are meant for the news system, and are kept separated
# because they should be owned by "news" instead of "root"
destination df_news_dot_notice { file("/var/log/news/news.notice" owner("news")); };
destination df_news_dot_err { file("/var/log/news/news.err" owner("news")); };
destination df_news_dot_crit { file("/var/log/news/news.crit" owner("news")); };

# some more classical and useful files found in standard syslog configurations
destination df_debug { file("/var/log/debug"); };
destination df_messages { file("/var/log/messages"); };
#destination df_messages { file("/var/log/messages" template("$ISODATE $TAG $FULLHOST $MESSAGE")); };

# pipes
# a console to view log messages under X
destination dp_xconsole { pipe("/dev/xconsole"); };

# consoles
# this will send messages to everyone logged in
destination du_all { usertty("*"); };


######
# filters

# all messages from the auth and authpriv facilities
filter f_auth { facility(auth, authpriv); };

# all messages except from the auth and authpriv facilities
filter f_syslog { not facility(auth, authpriv); };

# respectively: messages from the cron, daemon, kern, lpr, mail, news, user,
# and uucp facilities
filter f_cron { facility(cron); };
filter f_daemon { facility(daemon); };
filter f_kern { facility(kern); };
filter f_lpr { facility(lpr); };
filter f_mail { facility(mail); };
filter f_news { facility(news); };
filter f_user { facility(user); };
filter f_uucp { facility(uucp); };

# some filters to select messages of priority greater or equal to info, warn,
# and err
# (equivalents of syslogd's *.info, *.warn, and *.err)
filter f_at_least_info { level(info..emerg); };
filter f_at_least_notice { level(notice..emerg); };
filter f_at_least_warn { level(warn..emerg); };
filter f_at_least_err { level(err..emerg); };
filter f_at_least_crit { level(crit..emerg); };

# all messages of priority debug not coming from the auth, authpriv, news, and
# mail facilities
filter f_debug { level(debug) and not facility(auth, authpriv, news, mail); };

# all messages of info, notice, or warn priority not coming form the auth,
# authpriv, cron, daemon, mail, and news facilities
filter f_messages {
level(info,notice,warn)
and not facility(auth,authpriv,cron,daemon,mail,news);
};

# messages with priority emerg
filter f_emerg { level(emerg); };

# complex filter for messages usually sent to the xconsole
filter f_xconsole {
facility(daemon,mail)
or level(debug,info,notice,warn)
or (facility(news)
and level(crit,err,notice));
};


######
# logs
# order matters if you use "flags(final);" to mark the end of processing in a
# "log" statement

# these rules provide the same behavior as the commented original syslogd rules

# auth,authpriv.* /var/log/auth.log
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_auth);
destination(df_auth);
};

# *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_syslog);
destination(df_syslog);
};

# this is commented out in the default syslog.conf
# cron.* /var/log/cron.log
#log {
# source(s_all);
# filter(f_cron);
# destination(df_cron);
#};

# daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_daemon);
destination(df_daemon);
};

# kern.* -/var/log/kern.log
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_kern);
destination(df_kern);
};

# lpr.* -/var/log/lpr.log
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_lpr);
destination(df_lpr);
};

# mail.* -/var/log/mail.log
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_mail);
destination(df_mail);
};

# user.* -/var/log/user.log
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_user);
destination(df_user);
};

# uucp.* /var/log/uucp.log
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_uucp);
destination(df_uucp);
};

# mail.info -/var/log/mail.info
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_mail);
filter(f_at_least_info);
destination(df_facility_dot_info);
};

# mail.warn -/var/log/mail.warn
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_mail);
filter(f_at_least_warn);
destination(df_facility_dot_warn);
};

# mail.err /var/log/mail.err
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_mail);
filter(f_at_least_err);
destination(df_facility_dot_err);
};

# news.crit /var/log/news/news.crit
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_news);
filter(f_at_least_crit);
destination(df_news_dot_crit);
};

# news.err /var/log/news/news.err
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_news);
filter(f_at_least_err);
destination(df_news_dot_err);
};

# news.notice /var/log/news/news.notice
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_news);
filter(f_at_least_notice);
destination(df_news_dot_notice);
};


# *.=debug;\
# auth,authpriv.none;\
# news.none;mail.none -/var/log/debug
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_debug);
destination(df_debug);
};


# *.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\
# auth,authpriv.none;\
# cron,daemon.none;\
# mail,news.none -/var/log/messages
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_messages);
destination(df_messages);
};

# *.emerg *
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_emerg);
destination(du_all);
};


# daemon.*;mail.*;\
# news.crit;news.err;news.notice;\
# *.=debug;*.=info;\
# *.=notice;*.=warn |/dev/xconsole
log {
source(s_all);
filter(f_xconsole);
destination(dp_xconsole);
};

log {
source(tcpgateway); destination(hosts);
};

#############################################

I am able to get the logs for these files ::
kern.log
auth.log
messages
syslog
debug

but the files
deamon.log,
mail.log and others are not reflected that we are using in conf file.

If anyone have come across such issue then please do post...

[devastate]

@manishkumar6288

Did you get any results? I am exploring the possibilities to deploy syslog-ng on my dreambox as replacement for the syslog-busybox.
I see the post is quite old but do you have a copy for me of the mips version?
don't know if it is compatible but i like to give it a try.

regards

[Irithori]

Seeing, that this was posted by manishkumar6288 two years ago, an answer from him is unlikely.
Please feel free to create your own thread.

Closing.