September 2002 - syslog-ng - lists.balabit.hu

question about logrotate (little offtopic ;)
by Buerger, Manfred 19 Sep '02

19 Sep '02

hello, my syslog-ng server is runnig fine, but a have little problem with logrotate. please take a look... syslog-ng writes the log files into "/var/log/syslog-ng/" in this directory for each host a subdirectory is created e.g.: /var/log/syslog-ng/10.10.10.2/ /var/log/syslog-ng/10.10.10.3/ usw... in /etc/logrotate.conf i made the following entry: /var/log/syslog-ng/* { rotate 5 daily size=500M postrotate /usr/bin/killall -HUP syslog-ng endscript compress } but this dont work! i have to specify the whole path to the log files: /var/log/syslog-ng/10.10.10.3/* ist there a way to rotate a directory with its subdirectory?? thanks in advance manfred

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by Grenier, Scott 1 - San Mateo, CA 19 Sep '02

19 Sep '02

Hiya- I'm setting up new syslog servers using syslog-ng in a mostly Solaris environment. Regular syslog logs messages from hosts with the actual hostname, but syslog-ng is logging the host's IP address instead. Not all machines are in DNS. Here's what I have: options { chain_hostnames(no); use_time_recvd(yes); log_fifo_size(1000); }; source src { sun-streams("/dev/log" door("/etc/.syslog_door")); internal(); udp(); }; destination d_hostlogs { file("/logs1/HOSTS/$HOST/capturedmessages.$HOST.$YEAR$MONTH$DAY" owner(root) group(sys) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700) create_dirs(yes)); }; log { source(src); destination(d_hostlogs); }; Syslog-ng creates the files and dirs nicely. I just can't get the actual hostname like I used to when running regular ol' out-o'-the-box syslogd. I checked out the FAQ on Nate's site already (Nice job on the site and FAQ, Nate. It's been a very useful resource for me.). Many thanks. -->scottg

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Unwanted logging
by BENGT OLSSON 17 Sep '02

17 Sep '02

Hi I get some unwanted loggin from strange hosts.... The syslog-ng.conf-file looks like; options { use_fqdn(yes); keep_hostname(yes); use_dns(yes); long_hostnames(off); sync(0); log_fifo_size(1000); }; source all { sun-streams ("/dev/log" door("/etc/.syslog_door")); internal(); udp(); }; destination hosts { file("/var/syslog/hosts/$HOST/$FACILITY_$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY" owner(root) group(root) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700) create_dirs(yes)); }; log { source(all) ; destination(hosts) ; }; An example of unwanted "hosts"-directory in the /var/syslog/hosts-directory; 0x0.0x5da74da 0x0.0x5dc3cea 0x0.0x5dc3d5a 0x0.0x5dc4077 0x0.0x5dca334 0x0.0x5dcea7a 0x0.0x637fb77 0x0.0x642bad8 0x0.0x64c5ea8 An example of correct hosts -directory in the /var/syslog/hosts-directory looks like this; trillian.student.bth.se trumma.bth.se viking.student.bth.se viola.bth.se violin.bth.se vogonjeltz.student.bth.se voyager.student.bth.se vroomfondel.student.bth.se zaphod.student.bth.se Is there some internal logging or what is it comming from? A minor problem is that i have the "long_hostnames" to off and still it loging whit long hostnames....any guess? Best Regards -- Bengt Olsson Blekinge Tekniska Högskola Datorenheten Campus Gräsvik Vallhallavägen 1 371 79 Karlskrona Mail: bol(a)bth.se Tel: 0455-385152 Mobil: 0708-787 780

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RE: [syslog-ng]Unwanted logging
by Hamilton, Andrew 17 Sep '02

17 Sep '02

I can help with the long_hostnames part. You have use_fqdn(yes) which turns on the full qualified domain name of the host. Regards, Drew -----Original Message----- From: BENGT OLSSON [mailto:bol@bth.se] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 8:32 AM To: syslog-ng(a)lists.balabit.hu Subject: [syslog-ng]Unwanted logging Hi I get some unwanted loggin from strange hosts.... The syslog-ng.conf-file looks like; options { use_fqdn(yes); keep_hostname(yes); use_dns(yes); long_hostnames(off); sync(0); log_fifo_size(1000); }; source all { sun-streams ("/dev/log" door("/etc/.syslog_door")); internal(); udp(); }; destination hosts { file("/var/syslog/hosts/$HOST/$FACILITY_$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY" owner(root) group(root) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700) create_dirs(yes)); }; log { source(all) ; destination(hosts) ; }; An example of unwanted "hosts"-directory in the /var/syslog/hosts-directory; 0x0.0x5da74da 0x0.0x5dc3cea 0x0.0x5dc3d5a 0x0.0x5dc4077 0x0.0x5dca334 0x0.0x5dcea7a 0x0.0x637fb77 0x0.0x642bad8 0x0.0x64c5ea8 An example of correct hosts -directory in the /var/syslog/hosts-directory looks like this; trillian.student.bth.se trumma.bth.se viking.student.bth.se viola.bth.se violin.bth.se vogonjeltz.student.bth.se voyager.student.bth.se vroomfondel.student.bth.se zaphod.student.bth.se Is there some internal logging or what is it comming from? A minor problem is that i have the "long_hostnames" to off and still it loging whit long hostnames....any guess? Best Regards -- Bengt Olsson Blekinge Tekniska Högskola Datorenheten Campus Gräsvik Vallhallavägen 1 371 79 Karlskrona Mail: bol(a)bth.se Tel: 0455-385152 Mobil: 0708-787 780 _______________________________________________ syslog-ng maillist - syslog-ng(a)lists.balabit.hu https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng Frequently asked questions at http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html

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localport binding...still not working.
by Robert D. Beal 17 Sep '02

17 Sep '02

>>I'm trying to get syslog-ng (1.5.20) to use 514 as its source port when >>using the udp destination driver as follows: >> >> <<Following taken from my syslog-ng.conf>> >> >> source s_sys { unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal(); }; >> destination d_syslog { udp("192.168.0.2" destport(514) >> localport(514)); }; >> log { source(s_src); destination(d_syslog); }; >> >>but it always seems to send the syslog udp datagrams using the next >>available non-privileged port as its source (>1024). I'm running as root >>(on RedHat 7.3) and syslogd is not running. Syslog-ng doesn't choke on the >>config, so I'm assuming its not a syntax problem, but I just can't seem to >>get it to use 514 as its source port?! Does anyone have any ideas what I >>may be doing wrong here? Or is it just silently ignoring my request to use >>port 514? > >As it seems the docs is buggy, Robert is right. The bug lies in libol, it >only binds the local socket if the local address is defined. So there are >two solutions: > >* supply localip as well as localport >* apply this patch to libol, and recompile > > >diff -u -r1.26 -r1.28 >--- io.c 11 Oct 2001 18:25:14 -0000 1.26 >+++ io.c 16 Sep 2002 08:23:22 -0000 1.28 >@@ -829,9 +834,9 @@ > memcpy(sa, &a->sa, sizeof(a->sa)); > return 1; > } >- if (a->ip && !tcp_addr(in, >- a->ip->length, a->ip->data, >- a->port)) >+ if (tcp_addr(in, >+ a ? a->ip->length : 7, a ? a->ip->data : "0.0.0.0", >+ a->port)) > return 0; > else > if (!a->ip && !tcp_addr(in, 0, NULL, a->port)) > > >-- >Bazsi >PGP info: KeyID 9AF8D0A9 Fingerprint CD27 CFB0 802C 0944 9CFD 804E C82C 8EB1 I tried modifying my syslog-ng.conf as follows: source s_sys { unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal(); }; destination d_syslog { udp("192.168.0.2" destport(514) localip("192.168.0.10") localport(514)); }; log { source(s_src); destination(d_syslog); }; and I'm now getting a segmentation fault. 192.168.0.10 is the IP of the system I'm running on. I also tried 127.0.0.1 as the localip with the same result. Do I have the syntax incorrect? Syslog-ng didn't complain. I also tried the patch, but not being really strong in C/C++ I may have messed something up. I applied the patch, and now make errors out: make_class <io.c > io.c.xt /bin/sh: /home/src/syslog-ng/libol-0.3.3/utils/make_class: \: bad interpreter: No such file or directory make[1]: ***[io.c.x]: Error 126 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/src/syslog-ng/libol-0.3.3/src` make{[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 Any suggestions? I can live with syslog-ng binding to whatever source port, but I'd have to open up my router access lists a little more than I would like.

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Problem compiling on FreeBSD
by Nicolai Strøm Gylling 16 Sep '02

16 Sep '02

Hi I'm trying to compile syslog-ng_1.5.20 on FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE, but I get the error below. I'm using Libol 0.3.3. Anyone got some clues to what might be wrong? gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/tmp/syslog-ng-1.5.20/src -I. -g -O2 -Wall -I/usr/local/include/libol -D_GNU_SOURCE -c afremctrl.c gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/tmp/syslog-ng-1.5.20/src -I. -g -O2 -Wall -I/usr/local/include/libol -D_GNU_SOURCE -c nscache.c In file included from nscache.c:55: /usr/include/netinet/in.h:233: syntax error before `in_addr_t' /usr/include/netinet/in.h:285: syntax error before `u_char' In file included from /usr/include/netinet/in.h:467, from nscache.c:55: /usr/include/netinet6/in6.h:122: syntax error before `u_int8_t' /usr/include/netinet6/in6.h:144: syntax error before `u_int8_t' /usr/include/netinet6/in6.h:149: syntax error before `u_int32_t' /usr/include/netinet6/in6.h:612: syntax error before `*' /usr/include/netinet6/in6.h:614: syntax error before `*' /usr/include/netinet6/in6.h:614: warning: data definition has no type or storage class /usr/include/netinet6/in6.h:615: syntax error before `u_int8_t' /usr/include/netinet6/in6.h:616: syntax error before `u_int8_t' /usr/include/netinet6/in6.h:631: syntax error before `u_int8_t' /usr/include/netinet6/in6.h:636: syntax error before `u_int8_t' /usr/include/netinet6/in6.h:638: syntax error before `u_int8_t' nscache.c: In function `nscache_new': nscache.c:112: structure has no member named `s_addr' nscache.c: In function `nscache_lookup': nscache.c:178: structure has no member named `s_addr' nscache.c:183: structure has no member named `s_addr' nscache.c:183: structure has no member named `s_addr' nscache.c:245: structure has no member named `s_addr' nscache.c:245: structure has no member named `s_addr' nscache.c:247: fixed or forbidden register 0 (ax) was spilled for class AREG. nscache.c:247: This may be due to a compiler bug or to impossible asm nscache.c:247: statements or clauses. nscache.c:247: This is the instruction: (insn 56 55 58 (parallel[ (set (reg:SI 2 %ecx) (udiv:SI (reg/v:SI 2 %ecx) (reg:SI 1 %edx))) (set (reg:SI 1 %edx) (umod:SI (reg/v:SI 2 %ecx) (reg:SI 1 %edx))) ] ) 243 {udivmodsi4} (insn_list 49 (insn_list 55 (nil))) (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg/v:SI 2 %ecx) (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg:SI 1 %edx) (expr_list:REG_UNUSED (reg:SI 2 %ecx) (nil))))) *** Error code 1 Stop in /tmp/syslog-ng-1.5.20/src. *** Error code 1 Best regards Nicolai Gylling

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RE: [syslog-ng]Errors Compiling 1.5.19 with TCP_WRAPPERS
by Sangbutsarakum, Patai 16 Sep '02

16 Sep '02

I can't success also. I got suggestion to use other feature of syslog-ng that can do access-list like as TCP_WRAPPER. Hope this help Pat. -----Original Message----- From: Victor [mailto:victord@paid.com] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:15 To: Syslog-ng Subject: [syslog-ng]Errors Compiling 1.5.19 with TCP_WRAPPERS I am trying to compile with tcp_wrappers, but I get this error: gcc -O2 -march=i686 -pipe -Wall -I/root/syslog-ng/work/src/libol-0.3.3/src -D_GNU_SOURCE -o syslog-ng main.o sources.o center.o filters.o destinations.o log.o cfgfile.o cfg-grammar.o cfg-lex.o affile.o afsocket.o afunix.o afinet.o afinter.o afuser.o afstreams.o afprogram.o afremctrl.o nscache.o utils.o syslog-names.o -lfl /root/syslog-ng/work/src/libol-0.3.3/src/.libs/libol.a -lnsl afinet.o: In function `do_open_afinet_connection': afinet.o(.text+0x3c3): undefined reference to `request_init' afinet.o(.text+0x3cf): undefined reference to `sock_host' afinet.o(.text+0x3d8): undefined reference to `hosts_access' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [syslog-ng] Error 1 Shouldn't it have something like -lwrap on the line above? Also, I heard on the mailing list that there is a patch for 1.5.19? Is there a link to it? What's the proper patch command to apply it? Thanks _______________________________________________ syslog-ng maillist - syslog-ng(a)lists.balabit.hu https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng Frequently asked questions at http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html

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Memory not released in syslog-ng
by Rolf Böhme 13 Sep '02

13 Sep '02

Hello, according my notice about the memory problems with syslog-ng I have tested again with the actual stable version og syslog-ng. My Configuration is SuSE Linux 7.1 on Compaq Computer, 164MB RAM, 20GB Harddisk, syslog-ng 1.4.15, libol 0.2.23. Eight other Computers (Linux and WinNT 4.0/my modified ntsyslog) send their Information to the Log-Server. After about 23 to 32 hours running syslog-ng the Linux operating system kills the syslog-ng demon with a memory allocation error. The free memory is down to about 10MB. The memory used b syslog-ng was not released. I am using the following syslog-ng.conf: # Konfigurationsdatei fuer syslgd-ng # RB 020827 options { sync(0); keep_hostname(yes); long_hostnames(off); use_dns(yes); }; source s_default { pipe("/proc/kmsg"); unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal(); udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514)); }; destination d_messages { file("/logfiles/clients/$HOST/$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY.$FACILITY.$PRIORITY" create_dirs(yes) ); }; log { source(s_default); destination(d_messages); }; What is wrong? Regards Rolf Böhme staatl. gepr. Informatikassistent CNA, Systemadministrator mailto:rolf.boehme@gno.de

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TimeZone Macros Patch
by Robin * Slomkowski 13 Sep '02

13 Sep '02

I have created a patch based on syslog-ng-1.5.20 That adds two new macros. TZOFFSET The time-zone as hour offset from GMT. e.g. '-0700' TZ The time zone or name or abbreviation. e.g. 'PDT' usable like all other macros. $TZ and $TZOFFSET the affected source files are doc/sgml/syslog-ng.sgml documentation update src/affile.c The code change you also need to /bin/touch src/affile.c.x to get it to build correctly after you have applied the patch. and you need to explicitly rebuild the documentation if you want the documentation updates. I have the need for this as I have to coordinate syslog files with other application log files that are in multiple data centers. And since a standard syslog entry does not contain the timezone, I need the log file name to contain the GMT offset so I can correlate the data in a useful manner with the logs in other timezones, and daylight saving times. Hope this patch meets the code standards for this project and that others may find it useful. -- -R*S San Francisco, CA Robin * Slomkowski pretender(a)rslomkow.org

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I NEED YOUR HELP
by monicaalfred monica 12 Sep '02

12 Sep '02

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