Package: syslog-ng
Version: 3.1.3-3
Severity: wishlist
So I was frustrated for a while by why "/var/log/messages", etc., all had
a timestamp of a few months ago (which is when I last installed or
reconfigured Syslog-NG on this host). The attached file does work; I'm
pretty sure the problem was that I had a whole page of "log(...)" statements
with no "source(...)" option and no "catchall" flag.
If the start-script can prove by static analysis that it's impossible
for any messages to match and be written to any destination, it should
print a warning, not just start silently. In fact, a "log(...)"
statement with no "source(...)" option and no "catchall" flag should
probably trigger a warning.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages syslog-ng depends on:
ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libcap2 1:2.19-3 support for getting/setting POSIX.
ii libdbi0 0.8.2-3 Database Independent Abstraction L
ii libevtlog0 0.2.8~1-2 Syslog event logger library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libnet1 1.1.4-2 library for the construction and h
ii libpcre3 8.02-1.1 Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expressi
ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-4squeeze1 SSL shared libraries
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-19 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages syslog-ng recommends:
ii logrotate 3.7.8-6 Log rotation utility
Versions of packages syslog-ng suggests:
pn libdbd-mysql <none> (no description available)
pn libdbd-pgsql <none> (no description available)
pn libdbd-sqlite3 <none> (no description available)
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf changed:
@version: 3.1
options { long_hostnames(off); flush_lines(0);
use_dns(persist_only); use_fqdn(no);
owner("root"); group("adm"); perm(0640);
bad_hostname("^gconfd$"); mark_freq(1500);
stats_freq(42000); stats_level(1);
time_reopen(155);
};
source s_src { unix-dgram("/dev/log"); internal();
file("/proc/kmsg" program_override("kernel"));
udp( port(514) );
};
destination d_auth { file("/var/log/auth.log"); };
destination d_syslog { file("/var/log/syslog"); };
destination d_msg { file("/var/log/messages"); };
destination d_rootcon { usertty("root"); };
destination d_ttyXcon { file("/dev/tty10"); };
filter f_dbg { level(debug); };
filter f_auth { facility(auth, authpriv) and not filter(f_debug); };
filter f_crit { level(crit .. emerg); };
filter f_error { level(err .. emerg); };
filter f_messages { level(info,notice,warn); };
filter f_nonmessages { not level(info,notice,warn); };
log { source(s_src); filter(f_crit); destination(d_rootcon); };
log { source(s_src); filter(f_auth); destination(d_auth);
destination(d_ttyXcon); flags(final); };
log { source(s_src); filter(f_nonmessages); destination(d_syslog); };
log { source(s_src); filter(f_messages); destination(d_msg); };
-- no debconf information
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