From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 9 21:20:24 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2654710656C0 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2011 21:20:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 681928FC13 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2011 21:20:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwf26 with SMTP id 26so18748907wwf.31 for ; Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:20:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=q8wV/9tvTD9D6YdtWyuj67l4UNgvaqlV/dQFHIpPepU=; b=Wq2XZv6jAI27pJpRAZfX4X+I3K+bCmmU4UXSuf9oWBmVIsyzNPzYQi1aVtsJBxVmaW g6loSGg+AT0rAlOVJK1hHurANuHYFuAXI6hGQ99tbsfq56WsPF7D1GcCZykFQFnCXh0l IwZBZ5xNvuBmDwwTvV3hswlQZfqwWXtEQrowA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=f6ZUkivZyjQLzJ/WR5Y1GiUWIH3y26o/ZXrTeCNbVL+JN70+CzLhyM/0lJvQiH6DhG q00G74oKhxdY8vixwSzKDu3OFVhdMUvBQK0qANqQVmyRIG5EvpOCG6tRXmBBCBXOwJwx cCdNuu96upHN+XAU/4UpUDZsMs2pXDgFb0Y2M= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.245.203 with SMTP id o53mr1199004wer.14.1294606346364; Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:52:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.229.73 with HTTP; Sun, 9 Jan 2011 12:52:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <16949_1294438428_4D27901C_16949_495_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499A7AF9102@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> References: <16949_1294438428_4D27901C_16949_495_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499A7AF9102@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 20:52:26 +0000 Message-ID: From: krad To: Gary Gatten Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , Aleksandr Miroslav Subject: Re: which syslog??? (rsyslog? syslog-ng? or default?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:20:24 -0000 On 7 January 2011 22:13, Gary Gatten wrote: > PS: rsyslog can use standard syslog.conf entries, or it has extensions that > enable more cool stuff. > > G > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto: > owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Aleksandr Miroslav > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 3:09 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: which syslog??? (rsyslog? syslog-ng? or default?) > > I have some boxes (about 40) that I was tasked with creating a > centralized logging infrastructure for. I see in ports that we have > several different versions of rsyslog, and syslog-ng. > > Is there any reason to use one or the other? Or should I just use the > syslog that come with the base OS? > > thanks, > Alex > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > >
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