acct and syslog

[Alan DeKok]

Anders Holm wrote:
> I'm unsure here why syslog would be a bad idea in the case of FreeRADIUS.

  syslog is generally for one-line log messages.  Not for gigabytes of
traffic.  Accounting logs generate gigabytes of traffic, and do not need
the overhead of syslog.

> However, there is also another option, the SQL logging options... Perhaps
> those may be handy as well?

  Exactly.  Databases already do replication and synchronization.  The
right tool should be used for the job.  Syslog is not the right tool for
accounting logs.

  Alan DeKok.