Syslog Configuration on Suse Linux



1) Take copy of the existing configuration file.

# cp /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.org

2)  Add the destination for forwarding syslog messages in the below file.

# vi /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf

destination loghost { udp("10.130.28.3" port(514)); };
log { source(src); destination(loghost); };

3) # SuSEconfig

4)  Restart the service

# /etc/init.d/syslog restart

# ps -ef | grep -i syslog