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authorRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2008-09-23 13:26:57 +0200
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<p><b>Having trouble with <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com">rsyslog</a>?</b>
This page provides some tips on where to look for help and what to do
if you need to ask for assistance. This page is continously being expanded.
-<p>Useful troublehshooting ressources are:
+<p>Useful troubleshooting ressources are:
<ul>
<li>The <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/doc">rsyslog documentation</a> - note that the online version always covers
the most recent development version. However, there is a version-specific
doc set in each tarball. If you installed rsyslog from a package, there usually
is a rsyslog-doc package, that often needs to be installed separately.
<li>The <a href="http://wiki.rsyslog.com">rsyslog wiki</a> provides user tips and experiences.
+<li>A common trouble source are <a href="syslog_parsing.html">ill-formed syslog messages</a>, which
+lead to to all sorts of interesting problems, including malformed hostnames and dates. Read the quoted
+guide to find relief.
</ul>
<p><b>Asking for Help</b>
<p>If you can't find the answer yourself, you should look at these places for