February 2010 - syslog-ng - lists.balabit.hu

[Bug 42] New: capabilities, chown, chmod
by bugzilla＠bugzilla.balabit.com 20 Dec '12

20 Dec '12

https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=42 Summary: capabilities, chown, chmod Product: syslog-ng Version: 3.0.x Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: unspecified Component: syslog-ng AssignedTo: bazsi(a)balabit.hu ReportedBy: zbyniu(a)pld-linux.org Type of the Report: bug Estimated Hours: 0.0 Let's take a look at syslog-ng-3.0.1/src/affile.c lines 60-83 1. CAP_SYS_ADMIN is needed only for /proc/kmsg, it is added w/o check 2. CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH should be added only if open fail with errno 13 2a. CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE should be added only if open fail with errno 13 and with CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH set 3. fchown needs CAP_CHOWN unconditionaly 4. fchmod needs CAP_FOWNER if file owner != euid (root here) 5. all caps should be restored summary: - CAP_SYS_ADMIN and CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE are set always even if unnecessary, and permanently - owner, group and perm doesn't work -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.balabit.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.

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[Bug 14] New: Maintain symlinks to current and previous log output files...
by bugzilla＠bugzilla.balabit.com 28 Sep '11

28 Sep '11

https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14 Summary: Maintain symlinks to current and previous log output files... Product: syslog-ng Version: 2.0.x Platform: PC URL: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=218688 OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: minor Priority: unspecified Component: syslog-ng AssignedTo: bazsi(a)balabit.hu ReportedBy: sasa(a)debian.org Type of the Report: enhancement Estimated Hours: 0.0 >From bugs.debian.org: I'm hoping that upstream might consider adding functionality to syslog-ng to allow it to track current and previous log files and maintain symlinks to them, as a user option. This replicates one of the options that I (and others) find useful in cronolog. This has been previously discussed on the syslog-ng mailing list, though apparently nothing fully came of it. The archive of that discussion is at: https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2002-June/003452.html Obviously, it's probably somewhat of a low priority, but it would be nice. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.balabit.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.

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filter/parse based on certificate attributes?
by Christian Tramnitz 22 Feb '11

22 Feb '11

With syslog 3.0 and ssl support using mutual certificate authentication is it possible to parse/filter/tag based on attributes in the certificate? I'd like to have a common listener and then relay or append messages based on client-cert attribute values... (Sorry if this message is arriving more than once, I seem to have problems with posting through Gmane.) Regards, Christian

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[Bug 38] New: Setting values of the Structured Data block.
by bugzilla＠bugzilla.balabit.com 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=38 Summary: Setting values of the Structured Data block. Product: syslog-ng Version: 3.0.x Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: unspecified Component: syslog-ng AssignedTo: bazsi(a)balabit.hu ReportedBy: c.haase(a)ifu.com Type of the Report: enhancement Estimated Hours: 0.0 Please add the functionality to set values inside the Structured Data block. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.balabit.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.

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[Bug 37] New: Syslog-ng macros don't work in filters
by bugzilla＠bugzilla.balabit.com 12 Apr '10

12 Apr '10

https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=37 Summary: Syslog-ng macros don't work in filters Product: syslog-ng Version: 3.0.x Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: unspecified Component: syslog-ng AssignedTo: bazsi(a)balabit.hu ReportedBy: vincent.panel(a)telindus.be Type of the Report: --- Estimated Hours: 0.0 Several documented macros don't work when used in filters. It's the case for $SEC, $MSGHDR. Already reported on the syslog-ng mailing list and acknowleged as a syslog-ng bug. I've tried it on Sparc/Solaris (but can't choose it in the platform menu of bugzilla...) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.balabit.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.

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syslog-ng client messages delayed
by mark peters 22 Mar '10

22 Mar '10

Hi, We are running into a issue where syslog-ng clients who are configured to forward to a central syslog-ng destination server that are reasonably chatty are getting there messages delayed at the source (ie. 'tcpdump'ing the client shows it is sending messages from N minutes ago, where N is anything from 5 to 60 minutes on average sometimes more). We have also seen a small percentage of loss at the destination. On these 'delayed' clients we also see the resident memory footprint on the growing. Clients are running 1.6.12 (have tried 2.0.8 also - same symptons). The central syslog-ng server is running 2.0.8. relevant config entries are: syslog-ng client: options { sync (1); time_reopen (10); log_fifo_size (2097152); long_hostnames (off); use_dns (no); use_fqdn (no); create_dirs (no); keep_hostname (yes); }; destination d_central { tcp("log2.xyz.com" port(5140)); }; filter f_local5 { facility(local5); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_local5); destination(d_central); flags(final); }; syslog-ng central server: options { time_reopen (10); log_fifo_size (2097152); long_hostnames (off); use_dns (yes); dns_cache (yes); dns_cache_expire (28800); use_fqdn (no); create_dirs (yes); dir_perm (0755); perm (0644); keep_hostname (no); use_time_recvd (no); stats_freq(600); flush_timeout(16000); flush_lines(256); time_sleep(80); }; destination d_server { file("/logs/server.$LEVEL.log"); }; filter f_server { facility(local5) and program("server"); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_server); destination(d_server); flags(final); }; to give a rough idea of message volume the server is receiving approximately 50 million log lines per day on average any help/information would be appreciated thanks -------------------------------------- Easy + Joy + Powerful = Yahoo! Bookmarks x Toolbar http://pr.mail.yahoo.co.jp/toolbar/

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problem with filtering in syslog-ng
by Evan Baer 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Hello, I'm trying to exclude ntpd update messages from /var/log/messages. I have created a filter like so: filter not_ntpd { not program("ntpd*"); }; And implemented it in my log lines: log { source(src); filter(not_ntpd); destination(messages); }; log { source(src); filter(f_notice); filter(f_not_authpriv); filter(not_ntpd); destination(messages); }; log { source(src); filter(f_kern); filter(f_debug); filter(not_ntpd); destination(messages); }; log { source(src); filter(f_lpr); filter(f_info); destination(messages); }; log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_crit); destination(messages); }; Yet the lines for ntpd still seem to pass through to the logfile. Feb 23 09:20:48 magpie-shn1e1324 ntpd[37397]: synchronized to 10.2.253.22, stratum 1 Feb 23 09:20:49 magpie-shn1f1318 ntpd[729]: kernel time sync status change 2001 Any thoughts? -- Evan

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Using amazon s3 as logging backend
by Rory Toma 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

Has anyone used amazon s3 as logging back end yet?

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Re: [syslog-ng] syslog-ng gets started twice when system reboots
by Xuan Zhong 23 Feb '10

23 Feb '10

I looked both /etc/rc.d/rc3.d and /etc/rc.d/rc5.d, and other rcx.d directories. Only one "S" script for syslog-ng and it's symbolic link to /etc/init.d/syslog-ng. All files under rcx.d directory are symbolic links. Do you know if the first occurance of "Starting syslog-ng:" or "Stopping syslog-ng:" comes from syslog-ng binary file? Thanks Xuan > Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:09:55 -0600 > From: wes.hardin(a)maxim-ic.com > To: syslog-ng(a)lists.balabit.hu > Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] syslog-ng gets started twice when system reboots > > On 02/17/2010 09:59 AM, Xuan Zhong wrote: > > > > I use the stable version syslog-ng-3.0.5-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm downloaded > > from your website. It starts/stops twice only when the system reboots. > > The init script is only generated once. The second "Starting syslog-ng: > > [ok]" was generated by init script because I modified the init script > > text display and only the second start changed. Not sure where the first > > start comes from. > > > > Starting syslog-ng: Starting syslog-ng: [ok] > > [ok] > > > > > > When the system shuts down, I saw the following: > > Stopping syslog-ng: Stopping syslog-ng: [ok] > > [ok] > > > > > > Similarly, only the second "Stopping syslog-ng:" comes from the > > syslog-ng service script. > > Look in /etc/rc.d/rc{3,5}.d for multiple "S" scripts for syslog-ng. Everything > in the rc?.d directories is typically a symlink to a similarly named script in > /etc/rc.d/init.d (usually a relative link like ../init.d/script). > > If there is a file that isn't a symlink or doesn't link to an initscript in > /etc/rc.d/init.d, that should be considered suspicious. > -- > /* Wes Hardin */ _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/

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Problem with windows client
by Heinze, René 22 Feb '10

22 Feb '10

Good morning, I´m using syslog-ng on a sles 10 server acting as a syslog-ng server and a sles 10 server acting as a syslog-ng client. The clients logs successfully everything to the server. I added a Windows XP Professional SP2 client and installed the syslog-ng client for windows. But unfortunately the windows syslog-ng client is not able to connect to the server. The only thing i configured is the ip of the syslog-ng server. I attached the debug log to this email. What am I doing wrong? The is no firewall causing the problem. On the syslog-ng server i see incoming packages from the windows host using tcpdump. Best regards, René Heinze Besuchen Sie die Bundesdruckerei auf der CeBIT 2010 vom 2.-6.3.2010, Halle 9, Stand D80 Visit Bundesdruckerei at CeBIT, exhibition centre, hall 9 / stand D80 weitere Informationen unter: http://www.bundesdruckerei.de/de/unternehmen/untern_cebit2010/index.html find more information here http://www.bundesdruckerei.de/en/company/comp_cebit2010/index.html

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