system logging in linux

Question

Which one is better? syslog-ng or rsyslog or dsyslog? Please help me

This question is off-topic for SO. – Martin v. Löwis Nov 13 '10 at 07:36 — Martin v. Löwis, Nov 13 '10 at 07:36
Better how? Do you have any specific requirements? – Zoredache Nov 13 '10 at 08:33 — Zoredache, Nov 13 '10 at 08:33
rsyslog :-) just adding to the options list – Joris Nov 13 '10 at 09:19 — Joris, Nov 13 '10 at 09:19
This is off topic for serverfault too... – Lucas Kauffman Jul 21 '12 at 20:59 — Lucas Kauffman, Jul 21 '12 at 20:59

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 13 '10 at 08:20

Use the one that came preinstalled, unless you know that you require specific advanced features.

If you require advanced features (automatic rotation, different backends, dynamically-named logfiles per remote logging host), syslog-ng will be a good starting point.

system logging in linux

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