options { 
  chain_hostnames(off);
  keep_hostname(yes);
  sync(0); 
  # The default action of syslog-ng 1.6.0 is to log a STATS line
  # to the file every 10 minutes.  That's pretty ugly after a while.
  # Change it to every 12 hours so you get a nice daily update of
  # how many messages syslog-ng missed (0).
  stats(43200); 
};

source src { unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal(); pipe("/proc/kmsg"); };

destination messages { file("/var/log/messages"); };

# By default messages are logged to tty12...
destination console_all { file("/dev/tty12"); };
# ...if you intend to use /dev/console for programs like xconsole
# you can comment out the destination line above that references /dev/tty12
# and uncomment the line below.
#destination console_all { file("/dev/console"); };

filter cron {not (program("cron"); };

log { source(src); destination(messages); filter(cron); };
log { source(src); destination(console_all); };