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Below is the code to be copied and pasted into the file "/opt/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf". All other lines in the file (i.e. all except those below) should be commented out, i.e. put a "#" at the start of each line. | Below is the code to be copied and pasted into the file "/opt/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf". All other lines in the file (i.e. all except those below) should be commented out, i.e. put a "#" at the start of each line. | ||
The code below tells syslog-ng to monitor port 49152 | The code below tells syslog-ng to monitor port 49152, this should be free unless you have already configured that port for something else. If you want to use another port you can change it but do not attempt to use port 514 as it is disabled by the internal syslogd. | ||
The log files created by the code below will have the "owner" file permission set to "root", if for scripting reasons you need the log files to belong to specific owners/groups, how to control this is also stated on this wiki's discussion page. | The log files created by the code below will have the "owner" file permission set to "root", if for scripting reasons you need the log files to belong to specific owners/groups, how to control this is also stated on this wiki's discussion page. |