=========================================================================== $NetBSD: MESSAGE.NetBSD,v 1.1.1.1 2006/05/14 19:56:05 adrianp Exp $ You will need to set the following in /etc/rc.conf: syslogd=NO syslogng=YES There is a lot of work done by the standard NetBSD rc.d scripts to setup daemons in chroot environments. Due to the way that syslog-ng deals with chroot programs this work is effectively by-passed. If you have any chroot daemons please ensure that syslog-ng is setup to work correctly with them. ===========================================================================