[plug] Tail file on linux box from windows

[Craig Ringer]

Arie Hol wrote:

>If the Linux box accepts SSH logins - I think Putty would be the simplest way to go.
>
>You just logon to the Linux box and you should have access to every command that you would normally 
>use when using a console on the Linux box. But you do it inside a window on the Windoze box.
>  
>
PuTTY can also automatically run a command on connection, in the style 
of "ssh $hostname tail /var/log/messages" .

As for syslog-ng, you'd probably do just fine with standard syslog, 
which supports udp logging just fine with the @hostname / @ipaddr syntax.

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Craig Ringer