Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:38:16 -0800 From: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: which syslog??? (rsyslog? syslog-ng? or default?) Message-ID: <AANLkTimtpsBA9N1ocPCnK3khHYiqUxsE8Fk1WbnMttGD@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTik9LhK0ME7=ozcp=CGFZa19=sPumzngy0JARaKe@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimzv6QV0cS=LmSO%2BS--1NwqhhRz9zwZd4H4bJ8c@mail.gmail.com> <16949_1294438428_4D27901C_16949_495_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499A7AF9102@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <AANLkTik9LhK0ME7=ozcp=CGFZa19=sPumzngy0JARaKe@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 12:52 PM, krad <kraduk@gmail.com> wrote: > Ive used syslog-ng for central logging in the past. It support tcp, > encryption and logging to a db. To be honest though the most useful feature > was that you can expand log files paths to include the date and hostname. > This makes backing up of the files far more efficient as you dont have to > use newsyslog to rotate them, which is a good thing for backups especially > if you use rsync I'm a bit late on this one, I know, but I also use syslog-ng. My favorite feature is the ability to split log files for different hosts into different directories. Very handy for centralized logging.
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