Carlos E. R. wrote:
Comparison of rsyslog / syslog-ng: http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsyslog_ng_comparison.html
I'm worried about this one:
Config File
config file format compatible to legacy syslogd but ugly clean but not backwards compatible
because it makes for a hard transition, I don't undertand the syntax; although the ability to include files is interesting. I'll have to read the doc, find examples...
Yeah. rsyslog is not a drop-in replacement.
I think(!) rsyslog might perform better in a high-load environment.
Maybe. For a home setup like mine that is not needed.
Agree. I was surprised to see rsyslog being the default - I guess you could still install syslog-ng instead?
For now, my next step is to be able to log external sources (my router).
Should be easy, except if you have a Zyxel router.
Then I have to learn how to fire an external script triggered on a certain message, and then add a line to a log on the output of that script.
With syslog-ng(!), you can do that roughly like this: create a destination with pipe(), add appropriate filter. Then start e.g. a shell-script that reads from the pipe.
This is a nightmare with syslog-ng, because apparmour strongly dislikes it, so much that I had to disable AA for syslog-ng.
Uh, I've done that more than a few times, apparmor never got in the way AFAIR. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (8.9°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org