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I just want to ask how can I log for example /var/log/test/test.log to a remote syslog-ng?

Im using syslog not rsyslog. I can do it in rsyslog but not in syslog.

Andrew Schulman
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Check the manual for your syslog version. Almost always you can forward the messages your systems generates via the syslog facility (which are normally written by syslog to local logfiles) to a remote syslog server, but not existing log files nor the files directly maintained by other services, that don't use a syslog facility.

In the syslog configuration file simply find the line that matches you existing log file e.g.:

 test.*               /var/log/test/test.log

and replace that by the ip-address of your remote server. 

 test.*                @192.168.0.1

Many applications that by default maintain their own log files can be configured to use a syslog facility instead.

HBruijn
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  • Hi HB, thanks for your quick response. I actually did that trick but still no luck. My syslogd version is 1.4.1 under old debian 5. – Sympatiko Jun 25 '15 at 10:07