<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>This was dumb user error. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm glad to report the create_dir function works as expected. <br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Aug 21, 2014, at 9:08 PM, Jim Hendrick <<a href="mailto:jrhendri@roadrunner.com">jrhendri@roadrunner.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><div>I would check doing a manual mkdir -p </some/long/path> as the user specified in the config.</div><div>Then try as root if different.</div><div>Also look at how that file system is mounted. Is it local disk or NFS ?</div><div>NFS treats root differently.</div><div>Also I have seen the permissions of the underlying mount point also cause problems. That is rwxr-x--- for the directory on which the NFS is mounted can cause problems for the mounted filesystem. And you won't see it unless you unmount the NFS piece.</div><div>Anyway that's what I can think of right off.</div><div>Jim</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:9px;color:#575757">Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone</div></div><div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: "AVELING, BEN (BEN)" <<a href="mailto:ben.aveling@alcatel-lucent.com">ben.aveling@alcatel-lucent.com</a>> <br>Date:08/21/2014 6:33 PM (GMT-05:00) <br>To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <<a href="mailto:syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu">syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu</a>> <br>Cc: <br>Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] create_dir and "dynamic" destinations. <br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Permissions problem? Is anything reported in syslog-ng’s own logs?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Regards, Ben<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>I use this same config and work very well.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Em 21/08/2014 16:44, "Balazs Scheidler" <<a href="mailto:bazsi77@gmail.com">bazsi77@gmail.com</a>> escreveu:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Hmm it should create the entire path.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Aug 20, 2014 5:16 PM, "Scot Needy" <<a href="mailto:scotrn@gmail.com" target="_blank">scotrn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Yes, I have the create-dies() option enabled but that does not seem to work for upper level directories.<br>
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Only works if the 192_168_9_0 directory is pre-created.<br>
destination d_192_168_9_0 { file(/opt/syslog-ng/logs/192_168_9_0/$YEAR/$MONTH/$DAY/$HOST.log);};<br>
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On Aug 20, 2014, at 7:24 AM, Fabien Wernli <<a href="mailto:wernli@in2p3.fr" target="_blank">wernli@in2p3.fr</a>> wrote:<br>
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> You have the `create-dirs()` option for that:<br>
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