[syslog-ng]Entries being logged to /var/log/messages as well as /var/log/HOSTS//$MONTH/$DAY/$HOST-$YEAR-$MONTH

[Bill Nash]

Can you include your log directive? Chances are, that's the culprit.

- billn


On Sat, 29 Jan 2005, Fred Turner wrote:

> Hi, I'm new to syslog-ng and have configured it to be a loghost for many different firewall appliances. So I setup an automatic sorting entry as per the faq as follows:
>
> destination std {
>        file("/var/log/HOSTS/$MONTH/$DAY/$HOST-$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY"
>                owner(root) group(root) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700) create_dirs(yes)
>        );
>
>
> Which works prefect The only problem is that it's also putting them in the /var/log/messages log.
>
> How Can I stop the behavior as it's creating a huge /var/log/messages log.
>
>
> Thanks
>
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