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From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org>
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Subject: Re: Regarding the (apparent) removal of syslogd_program
 functionality in recent versions
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Bill Moran wrote:
> The rc.conf manpage states that syslogd_program= can be used to change
> the program run for system logging.  This is also mentioned in
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf and in the pkg-message for the syslog-ng port.

it seems there is some inconsistencies regarding what should be the 
recommended approach. I see in default/rc.conf that some have the 
executable specified as the value of ${name} that is maybe try to set

   syslogd=<path to syslogd-ng>

Cheers, Erik

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