Section 3.26.5. LogSock

3.26.5. LogSock

This optional parameter specifies what type of socket to use to connect to the syslog server. The possible values are:

native
eventlog
unix
inet
This means that TCP is tried first, then UDP.
tcp
udp
stream
pipe
console

The default is to use the Sys::Syslog default of

native, tcp, udp, unix, pipe, stream,
                     console

CAUTION

Due to limitations in the Sys::Syslog Perl module, if you have multiple <AuthLog SYSLOG>,

<AcctLog
                        SYSLOG>

or <Log SYSLOG> clauses and if any one has LogSock defined, all of them must have LogSock defined.

Note

If you use TCP, we recommend you to define both LogHost and LogPort. If you have not defined LogPort and you see error "TCP service unavailable", this means Sys::Syslog is unable to find the destination port. To resolve this, either use LogPort to define the port or add syslog/tcp or syslogng/tcp definitions to /etc/services file. For more information about LogPort, see Section 3.26.10. LogPort.