OK, reverting the configuration file back to version 4.6 fixed the problem...
Does anyone have any idea where to change the configuration file so that syslog start logging again?
4.6
@version: 4.6
@include "scl.conf"
#
# /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
#
options {
stats_freq (0);
flush_lines (0);
time_reopen (10);
log_fifo_size (10000);
chain_hostnames (off);
dns_cache (no);
use_dns (no);
use_fqdn (no);
create_dirs (no);
keep_hostname (yes);
perm(0640);
group("log");
};
source src {
system();
internal();
};
destination d_authlog { file("/var/log/auth.log"); };
destination d_syslog { file("/var/log/syslog.log"); };
destination d_cron { file("/var/log/crond.log"); };
destination d_daemon { file("/var/log/daemon.log"); };
destination d_kernel { file("/var/log/kernel.log"); };
destination d_lpr { file("/var/log/lpr.log"); };
destination d_user { file("/var/log/user.log"); };
destination d_uucp { file("/var/log/uucp.log"); };
destination d_mail { file("/var/log/mail.log"); };
destination d_news { file("/var/log/news.log"); };
destination d_ppp { file("/var/log/ppp.log"); };
destination d_debug { file("/var/log/debug.log"); };
destination d_messages { file("/var/log/messages.log"); };
destination d_errors { file("/var/log/errors.log"); };
destination d_everything { file("/var/log/everything.log"); };
destination d_iptables { file("/var/log/iptables.log"); };
destination d_acpid { file("/var/log/acpid.log"); };
destination d_console { usertty("root"); };
# Log everything to tty12
destination console_all { file("/dev/tty12"); };
filter f_auth { facility(auth); };
filter f_authpriv { facility(auth, authpriv); };
filter f_syslog { program(syslog-ng); };
filter f_cron { facility(cron); };
filter f_daemon { facility(daemon); };
filter f_kernel { facility(kern) and not filter(f_iptables); };
filter f_lpr { facility(lpr); };
filter f_mail { facility(mail); };
filter f_news { facility(news); };
filter f_user { facility(user); };
filter f_uucp { facility(uucp); };
filter f_ppp { facility(local2); };
filter f_debug { not facility(auth, authpriv, news, mail); };
filter f_messages { level(info..warn) and not facility(auth, authpriv, mail, news, cron) and not program(syslog-ng) and not filter(f_iptables); };
filter f_everything { level(debug..emerg) and not facility(auth, authpriv); };
filter f_emergency { level(emerg); };
filter f_info { level(info); };
filter f_notice { level(notice); };
filter f_warn { level(warn); };
filter f_crit { level(crit); };
filter f_err { level(err); };
filter f_iptables { match("IN=" value("MESSAGE")) and match("OUT=" value("MESSAGE")); };
filter f_acpid { program("acpid"); };
log { source(src); filter(f_acpid); destination(d_acpid); };
log { source(src); filter(f_authpriv); destination(d_authlog); };
log { source(src); filter(f_syslog); destination(d_syslog); };
log { source(src); filter(f_cron); destination(d_cron); };
log { source(src); filter(f_daemon); destination(d_daemon); };
log { source(src); filter(f_kernel); destination(d_kernel); };
log { source(src); filter(f_lpr); destination(d_lpr); };
log { source(src); filter(f_mail); destination(d_mail); };
log { source(src); filter(f_news); destination(d_news); };
log { source(src); filter(f_ppp); destination(d_ppp); };
log { source(src); filter(f_user); destination(d_user); };
log { source(src); filter(f_uucp); destination(d_uucp); };
#log { source(src); filter(f_debug); destination(d_debug); };
log { source(src); filter(f_messages); destination(d_messages); };
log { source(src); filter(f_err); destination(d_errors); };
log { source(src); filter(f_emergency); destination(d_console); };
log { source(src); filter(f_everything); destination(d_everything); };
log { source(src); filter(f_iptables); destination(d_iptables); };
# Log everything to tty12
#log { source(src); destination(console_all); };
4.8
#############################################################################
# Default syslog-ng.conf file which collects all local logs into a
# single file called /var/log/messages.
#
@version: 4.8
@include "scl.conf"
source s_local {
system();
internal();
};
source s_network {
default-network-drivers(
# NOTE: TLS support
#
# the default-network-drivers() source driver opens the TLS
# enabled ports as well, however without an actual key/cert
# pair they will not operate and syslog-ng would display a
# warning at startup.
#
#tls(key-file("/path/to/ssl-private-key") cert-file("/path/to/ssl-cert"))
);
};
destination d_local {
file("/var/log/messages");
file("/var/log/messages-kv.log" template("$ISODATE $HOST $(format-welf --scope all-nv-pairs)\n") frac-digits(3));
};
destination d_acpid {
file("/var/log/acpid.log");
};
destination d_authlog {
file("/var/log/auth.log");
};
destination d_console {
usertty("root");
};
destination d_cron {
file("/var/log/crond.log");
};
destination d_daemon {
file("/var/log/daemon.log");
};
destination d_debug {
file("/var/log/debug.log");
};
destination d_errors {
file("/var/log/errors.log");
};
destination d_everything {
file("/var/log/everything.log");
};
destination d_iptables {
file("/var/log/iptables.log");
};
destination d_kernel {
file("/var/log/kernel.log");
};
destination d_lpr {
file("/var/log/lpr.log");
};
destination d_mail {
file("/var/log/mail.log");
};
destination d_messages {
file("/var/log/messages.log");
};
destination d_news {
file("/var/log/news.log");
};
destination d_ppp {
file("/var/log/ppp.log");
};
destination d_syslog {
file("/var/log/syslog.log");
};
# Log everything to tty12
destination d_tty12 {
file("/dev/tty12");
};
destination d_user {
file("/var/log/user.log");
};
destination d_uucp {
file("/var/log/uucp.log");
};
filter f_acpid {
program("acpid");
};
filter f_auth {
facility(auth);
};
filter f_authpriv {
facility(auth, authpriv);
};
filter f_crit {
level(crit);
};
filter f_cron {
facility(cron);
};
filter f_daemon {
facility(daemon);
};
filter f_debug {
not facility(auth, authpriv, news, mail);
};
filter f_emergency {
level(emerg);
};
filter f_err {
level(err);
};
filter f_everything {
level(debug..emerg) and not facility(auth, authpriv);
};
filter f_info {
level(info);
};
filter f_iptables {
match("IN=" value("MESSAGE")) and match("OUT=" value("MESSAGE"));
};
filter f_kernel {
facility(kern) and not filter(f_iptables);
};
filter f_lpr {
facility(lpr);
};
filter f_mail {
facility(mail);
};
filter f_messages {
level(info..warn) and not facility(auth, authpriv, mail, news, cron) and not program(syslog-ng) and not filter(f_iptables);
};
filter f_news {
facility(news);
};
filter f_notice {
level(notice);
};
filter f_ppp {
facility(local2);
};
filter f_syslog {
program(syslog-ng);
};
filter f_user {
facility(user);
};
filter f_uucp {
facility(uucp);
};
filter f_warn {
level(warn);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# uncomment this line to open port 514 to receive messages
#source(s_network);
# destination(d_local);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_acpid);
# destination(d_acpid);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_authpriv);
# destination(d_authlog);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_cron);
# destination(d_cron);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_daemon);
# destination(d_daemon);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_debug);
# destination(d_debug);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_emergency);
# destination(d_console);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_err);
# destination(d_errors);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_everything);
# destination(d_everything);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_iptables);
# destination(d_iptables);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_kernel);
# destination(d_kernel);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_lpr);
# destination(d_lpr);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_mail);
# destination(d_mail);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_messages);
# destination(d_messages);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_news);
# destination(d_news);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_ppp);
# destination(d_ppp);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_user);
# destination(d_user);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_uucp);
# destination(d_uucp);
};
log {
source(s_local);
# filter(f_syslog);
# destination(d_syslog);
};
# Log everything to tty12
log {
source(s_local);
# destination(d_tty12);
};
options {
chain_hostnames(off);
create_dirs(no);
dns_cache(no);
flush_lines(0);
group("log");
keep_hostname(yes);
log_fifo_size(10000);
perm(0640);
stats(freq(0));
time_reopen(10);
use_dns(no);
use_fqdn(no);
};