Re: syslog-ng
On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:27:43PM +0100, jernej horvat wrote:
> On Thursday 21 November 2002 02:38, Russell Coker wrote:
>
> > Does multilog allow filtering log messages to determine which ones are
> > worth logging to disk? That's the only feature that I'd like to see in
> > syslog.
>
> Then you might try http://www.balabit.hu/en/downloads/syslog-ng/
IIRC, the last time i looked at syslog-ng, it had no ability to write
log files asynchronously which made it unsuitable for use on heavy-load
servers - e.g. medium to large ISP mail servers.
apart from that, it's a pretty good program. very flexible &
configurable. fine for smallish servers.
there are other alternatives to syslog too, including a new one called metalog
which i haven't had time to look at yet (so i have no idea if it's any good or
not - the description sounds good).
Package: metalog
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 124
Maintainer: Sebastien J. Gross <sjg@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.7beta-1
Replaces: syslogd, sysklogd
Provides: syslogd, system-log-daemon, klogd, linux-kernel-log-daemon
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5-13), libpcre3
Conflicts: syslogd, sysklogd
Filename: pool/main/m/metalog/metalog_0.7beta-1_i386.deb
Size: 19682
MD5sum: 077c0e023ee2c582412470a88d9c6728
Description: Modern logging daemon
Metalog is a modern replacement for syslogd and klogd. The logged
messages can be dispatched according to their facility, urgency,
program name and/or Perl-compatible regular expressions. Log files
can be automatically rotated when they exceed a certain size or
age. External shell scripts (e.g., mail) can be launched when
specific patterns are found. Metalog is easier to configure than
syslogd and syslog-ng, accepts unlimited number of rules and has
(switchable) memory bufferization for maximal performance.
craig
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