syslog-ng-ctl (1) Linux Manual Page

This manual page is only an abstract; for the complete documentation of syslog-ng, see m[blue]The syslog-ng Open Source Edition Administrator Guidem[][2].

The syslog-ng-ctl application is a utility that can be used to:

• enable/disable various syslog-ng messages for troubleshooting;

• display statistics about the processed messages.

ENABLING TROUBLESHOOTING MESSAGES

command [options]

Use syslog-ng-ctl <command> without any parameters to display whether the particular type of messages are enabled or not.

If you need to use a non-standard control socket to access syslog-ng, use the syslog-ng-ctl <command> –set=on –control=<socket> command to specify the socket to use.

verbose

Print verbose messages. If syslog-ng was started with the –stderr or -e option, the messages will be sent to stderr. If not specified, syslog-ng will log such messages to its internal source.

trace

Print trace messages of how messages are processed. If syslog-ng was started with the –stderr or -e option, the messages will be sent to stderr. If not specified, syslog-ng will log such messages to its internal source.

debug

Print debug messages. If syslog-ng was started with the –stderr or -e option, the messages will be sent to stderr. If not specified, syslog-ng will log such messages to its internal source.

Example:

syslog-ng-ctl verbose --set=on

THE STATS COMMAND

stats [options]

–control=<socket> or -c

Specify the socket to use to access syslog-ng. Only needed when using a non-standard socket.

Example:

syslog-ng-ctl stats

An example output:

src.internal;
s_all #0;
;
a;
processed;
6445 src.internal;
s_all #0;
;
a;
stamp;
1268989330 destination;
df_auth;
;
a;
processed;
404 destination;
df_news_dot_notice;
;
a;
processed;
0 destination;
df_news_dot_err;
;
a;
processed;
0 destination;
d_ssb;
;
a;
processed;
7128 destination;
df_uucp;
;
a;
processed;
0 source;
s_all;
;
a;
processed;
7128 destination;
df_mail;
;
a;
processed;
0 destination;
df_user;
;
a;
processed;
1 destination;
df_daemon;
;
a;
processed;
1 destination;
df_debug;
;
a;
processed;
15 destination;
df_messages;
;
a;
processed;
54 destination;
dp_xconsole;
;
a;
processed;
671 dst.tcp;
d_network #0;
10.50.0.111 : 514;
a;
dropped;
5080 dst.tcp;
d_network #0;
10.50.0.111 : 514;
a;
processed;
7128 dst.tcp;
d_network #0;
10.50.0.111 : 514;
a;
stored;
2048 destination;
df_syslog;
;
a;
processed;
6724 destination;
df_facility_dot_warn;
;
a;
processed;
0 destination;
df_news_dot_crit;
;
a;
processed;
0 destination;
df_lpr;
;
a;
processed;
0 destination;
du_all;
;
a;
processed;
0 destination;
df_facility_dot_info;
;
a;
processed;
0 center;
;
received;
a;
processed;
0 destination;
df_kern;
;
a;
processed;
70 center;
;
queued;
a;
processed;
0 destination;
df_facility_dot_err;
;
a;
processed;
0

FILES

/home/algernon/install/syslog-ng/3.5/sbin/syslog-ng-ctl

SEE ALSO

m[blue]The syslog-ng Administrator Guidem[][2]

syslog-ng.conf(5)

syslog-ng(8)

m[blue]The syslog-ng OSE 3.3 Administrator Guidem[][2]

If you experience any problems or need help with syslog-ng, visit m[blue]visit the syslog-ng wikim[][3] or the m[blue]syslog-ng mailing listm[][4].

For news and notifications about of syslog-ng, visit the m[blue]syslog-ng Insider Blogm[][5].

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by the BalaBit Documentation Team <documentation [at] balabit.com>.

COPYRIGHT

The authors grant permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this manual page under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or newer (GPL v2+).

NOTES

1.

the official syslog-ng website

http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/

2.

    The syslog-ng Open Source Edition Administrator Guide
  

http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/

3.

visit the syslog-ng wiki

http://www.balabit.com/wiki/syslog-ng-faq

4.

syslog-ng mailing list

https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng

5.

syslog-ng Insider Blog

http://insider.blogs.balabit.com

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