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NAME

       syslog-ng - syslog-ng system logger application

SYNOPSIS

       syslog-ng [options]

DESCRIPTION

       NOTE: This manual page covers both editions of syslog-ng: syslog-ng
       Open Source Edition and the commercial syslog-ng Premium Edition.
       Features that are only included in the Premium Edition are marked with
       an asterisk (*). For details, see the official syslog-ng website:
       http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/.

       This manual page is only an abstract; for the complete documentation of
       syslog-ng, see
        The syslog-ng Administrator Guide [1].

       The syslog-ng application is a flexible and highly scalable system
       logging application. Typically, syslog-ng is used to manage log
       messages and implement centralized logging, where the aim is to collect
       the log messages of several devices on a single, central log server.
       The different devices - called syslog-ng clients - all run syslog-ng,
       and collect the log messages from the various applications, files, and
       other sources. The clients send all important log messages to the
       remote syslog-ng server, where the server sorts and stores them.

OPTIONS

       --cfgfile <file> or -f <file>
           Use the specified configuration file.

       --chroot <dir> or -C <dir>
           Change root to the specified directory after reading the
           configuration file. The directory must be set up accordingly. Note
           that it is not possible to reload the syslog-ng configuration after
           chrooting.

       --debug or -d
           Start syslog-ng in debug mode.

       --enable-core
           Enable syslog-ng to write core files in case of a crash to help
           support and debugging.

       --fd-limit
           Set the minimal number of required file descriptors (fd-s); this
           sets how many files syslog-ng can keep open simultaneously. Default
           value: 4096. Note that this does not override the global ulimit
           setting of the host.

       --foreground or -F
           Do not daemonize, run in the foreground.

       --group <group> or -g <group>
           Switch to the specified group after initializing the configuration
           file.

       --help or -h
           Display a brief help message.

       --no-caps
           Run syslog-ng as root, without capability-support. This is the
           default behavior. On Linux, it is possible to run syslog-ng as
           non-root with capability-support if syslog-ng was compiled with the
           --enable-linux-caps option enabled. (Execute syslog-ng --version to
           display the list of enabled build parameters.)

       --persist-file <persist-file> or -R <persist-file>
           Set the path and name of the syslog-ng.persist file where the
           persistent options and data are stored.

       --pidfile <pidfile> or -p <pidfile>
           Set path to the PID file where the pid of the main process is
           stored.

       --process-mode <pidfile>
           Sets how to run syslog-ng: in the foreground (mainly used for
           debugging), in the background as a daemon, or in safe-background
           mode, when syslog-ng restarts itself if it crashes. By default,
           syslog-ng runs in safe-background mode.

       --qdisk-dir <path> or -Q <path>
           Specify the location of the file used for disk-based buffering. By
           default, this file is located at /var/lib/syslog-ng/.

       --stderr or -e
           Log internal messages of syslog-ng to stderr. Mainly used for
           debugging purposes in conjunction with the --foreground option.

       --syntax-only or -s
           Verify that the configuration file is syntactically correct and
           exit.

       --user <user> or -u <user>
           Switch to the specified user after initializing the configuration
           file (and optionally chrooting). Note that it is not possible to
           reload the syslog-ng configuration if the specified user has no
           privilege to create the /dev/log file.

       --verbose or -v
           Enable verbose logging used to troubleshoot syslog-ng.

       --version or -V
           Display version number and compilation information.

FILES

       /opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng/

       /opt/syslog-ng/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf

SEE ALSO

       syslog-ng.conf(5)

        The syslog-ng Administrator Guide [1]

       If you experience any problems or need help with syslog-ng, visit the
        syslog-ng mailing list [2]

       For news and notifications about the documentation of syslog-ng, visit
       the BalaBit Documentation Blog[3].

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by the BalaBit Documentation Team
       <documentation@balabit.com>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2000-2009 BalaBit IT Security Ltd. Published under the
       Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works
       (by-nc-nd) 3.0 license. See http://creativecommons.org/ for details.
       The latest version is always available at
       http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation.

NOTES

        1.
                     The syslog-ng Administrator Guide

           http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/

        2.
                     syslog-ng mailing list

           https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng

        3. BalaBit Documentation Blog
           http://robert.blogs.balabit.com

                                  11/30/2009