@version: 3.5 # Drop-in replacement for a stock Slackware syslog.conf # For info about the format of this file, see "man syslog-ng.conf" # Written by Mario Preksavec options { flush_lines(0); time_reopen(60); log_fifo_size(10240); log_msg_size(8192); chain_hostnames(no); use_dns(no); use_fqdn(no); create_dirs(yes); keep_hostname(yes); owner("root"); group("root"); perm(0640); dir_perm(0755); stats_freq(0); check_hostname(yes); dns_cache(no); }; source s_system { internal(); unix-dgram("/dev/log"); file("/proc/kmsg" program_override("kernel")); }; filter f_messages { level(info,notice) and not facility(authpriv,cron,mail,news); }; filter f_syslog { level(warn..emerg) and not facility(authpriv,cron,mail,news); }; filter f_debug { level(debug); }; filter f_authpriv { facility(authpriv); }; filter f_cron { facility(cron); }; filter f_mail { facility(mail); }; filter f_emerg { level(emerg); }; filter f_uucp { facility(uucp); }; destination d_messages { file("/var/log/messages"); }; destination d_syslog { file("/var/log/syslog"); }; destination d_debug { file("/var/log/debug"); }; destination d_secure { file("/var/log/secure"); }; destination d_cron { file("/var/log/cron"); }; destination d_maillog { file("/var/log/maillog"); }; destination d_usertty { usertty("*"); }; destination d_spooler { file("/var/log/spooler"); }; # Log anything 'info' or higher, but lower than 'warn'. # Exclude authpriv, cron, mail, and news. These are logged elsewhere. log { source(s_system); filter(f_messages); destination(d_messages); }; # Log anything 'warn' or higher. # Exclude authpriv, cron, mail, and news. These are logged elsewhere. log { source(s_system); filter(f_syslog); destination(d_syslog); }; # Debugging information is logged here. log { source(s_system); filter(f_debug); destination(d_debug); }; # Private authentication message logging: log { source(s_system); filter(f_authpriv); destination(d_secure); }; # Cron related logs: log { source(s_system); filter(f_cron); destination(d_cron); }; # Mail related logs: log { source(s_system); filter(f_mail); destination(d_maillog); }; # Emergency level messages go to all users: log { source(s_system); filter(f_emerg); destination(d_usertty); }; # This log is for news and uucp errors: log { source(s_system); filter(f_uucp); destination(d_spooler); }; # Uncomment this to see kernel messages on the console. #filter f_kern { facility(kern); }; #destination d_console { file("/dev/console"); }; #log { source(s_system); filter(f_kern); destination(d_console); }; # Uncomment these if you'd like INN to keep logs on everything. # You won't need this if you don't run INN (the InterNetNews daemon). #filter f_news_crit { facility(news) and level(crit); }; #filter f_news_err { facility(news) and level(err); }; #filter f_news_notice { facility(news) and level(notice); }; #destination d_news_crit { file("/var/log/news/news.crit"); }; #destination d_news_err { file("/var/log/news/news.err"); }; #destination d_news_notice { file("/var/log/news/news.notice"); }; #log { source(s_system); filter(f_news_crit); destination(d_news_crit); }; #log { source(s_system); filter(f_news_err); destination(d_news_err); }; #log { source(s_system); filter(f_news_notice); destination(f_news_notice); };