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syslog-ng running help
by saeed salim 28 Oct '12

28 Oct '12

dear all, am new to the list and i want a help . i installed syslog-ng on ubuntu 11.10 when i run the application ,i got this error message ( Excess of number arguments ) any help? Thanks

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[Bug 210] New: syslog-ng drops its capabilities before reading the config files
by bugzilla＠bugzilla.balabit.com 27 Oct '12

27 Oct '12

https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210 Summary: syslog-ng drops its capabilities before reading the config files Product: syslog-ng Version: 3.3.x Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: ASSIGNED Severity: normal Priority: unspecified Component: syslog-ng AssignedTo: algernon(a)balabit.hu ReportedBy: algernon(a)balabit.hu Type of the Report: --- Estimated Hours: 0.0 When reading config files, syslog-ng should be running with full capabilities (or at least enough to read root owned 0600 files), whether that happens during initial startup or on reload. (Via Yorick Peterse) -- 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 209] New: @include can silently fail
by bugzilla＠bugzilla.balabit.com 27 Oct '12

27 Oct '12

https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=209 Summary: @include can silently fail Product: syslog-ng Version: 3.3.x Platform: All OS/Version: All Status: ASSIGNED Severity: major Priority: unspecified Component: syslog-ng AssignedTo: algernon(a)balabit.hu ReportedBy: algernon(a)balabit.hu Type of the Report: --- Estimated Hours: 0.0 With the glob-based @includes, we can silently ignore files that could not be opened, which can very well hide problems. Case in point: /etc/syslog-ng/conf.d/ with 0750 mode and a single file within it, syslog-ng.conf has @include "/etc/syslog-ng/conf.d/some-file.conf" In this case, we never see some-file.conf being tried, even though it is explicitly included (it still goes through the glob code), and glob() returns GLOB_NOMATCH, with errno set to EPERM. In this case, we should abort. An @include should only succeed if there was nothing to include (in case of a globby include), or if everything went well. That we can't read a file, is an error, and should be treated as such. (Via Yorick Peterse on twitter) -- 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 206] New: program_override() and host_override() do not work in 3.4
by bugzilla＠bugzilla.balabit.com 27 Oct '12

27 Oct '12

https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=206 Summary: program_override() and host_override() do not work in 3.4 Product: syslog-ng Version: 3.4.x Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: ASSIGNED Severity: normal Priority: unspecified Component: syslog-ng AssignedTo: algernon(a)balabit.hu ReportedBy: algernon(a)balabit.hu Type of the Report: --- Estimated Hours: 0.0 The *Options simplification change (d93d35857e3acac5eb59a9735d8947dedf43a511) broke host_override () & program_override (), because they host_override_len and program_override_len properties are no longer initialized to -1, but to 0, so when setting an override, a value with 0 length will be set, emptying the variable instead of setting it to a new value. This should be fairly easy to fix, this bug is a reminder for myself to not forget it. But if anyone happens to get around to submit a patch before I get there, so much the better! -- 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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[PATCH 0/2]: afamqp: AMQP destination driver
by Gergely Nagy 27 Oct '12

27 Oct '12

The two patches that will follow implement an AMQP destination driver for syslog-ng, contributed by Attila Nagy <bra(a)fsn.hu>, with a few minor enhancements and porting to syslog-ng 3.4 by myself. The patch is also available on the feature/3.4/amqp[1] and feature/3.3/amqp[2] branches of my git repository, for syslog-ng 3.4 and 3.3 respectively. Functionally, they're exactly the same, but all further improvements and fixes will go to the 3.4 branch only, the 3.3 branch is there for testing and historical purposes only, and will be removed sometime after the driver gets merged to 3.4. Now, I won't explain in detail what AMQP is, let it suffice that it is a messaging protocol, of which RabbitMQ[3] is an implementation of. Interested people can read the available documentation, there's plenty! For now, lets concentrate on how to take the driver for a test drive! Once rabbitmq is installed (on debian and derivatives of recent versions it is as simple as apt-get install rabbitmq-server), all one needs to do, is configure syslog-ng to send messages, and grab a client that can look at the queue. For testing purposes, there's a simple one at https://gist.github.com/3859756 - you'll need a couple of python modules for that. What it does, is it sets up a queue named 'test', and binds it to the 'syslog' exchange (the default used by the AMQP driver), and starts consuming messages. It prints both headers and the payload (if any, by default, there is no payload). What one needs to know about the driver, is that it does not declare any queues: it's the responsibility of the admin to set queues up, and route messages as they see fit. This can be done on the RabbitMQ web admin interface (again, see the docs about that!), among other things, or programmatically, like the script above does. Hopefully, this is enough to get one started! If not, I plan to write a more detailed blog post about the topic in the not too distant future. There are plans to write an accompanying source driver too, but work has not started on that front yet. Rest assured though, it will come. I'd like to thank Attila again for contributing the driver, and answering my silly questions during review - both are much appreciated! [1]: https://github.com/algernon/syslog-ng/tree/feature/3.4/amqp [2]: https://github.com/algernon/syslog-ng/tree/feature/3.3/amqp [3]: http://www.rabbitmq.com/

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[PATCH] logreader: When following a file, treat non-regular files specially
by Gergely Nagy 27 Oct '12

27 Oct '12

When following a file with follow-freq(), and it is not a regular file, but something for which stat(2) always returns 0 size (such as the /dev/klog character device on FreeBSD), log_reader_io_follow_file() never went into the process input branch, because the current position (0) was always at EOF (also 0). To break out of this unfortunate situation, if the file to read from is not a regular file, go into the process input loop anyway: at worst, it will do an expensive noop. Signed-off-by: Gergely Nagy <algernon(a)balabit.hu> --- lib/logreader.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/logreader.c b/lib/logreader.c index eb52330..1e2ea5e 100644 --- a/lib/logreader.c +++ b/lib/logreader.c @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ log_reader_io_follow_file(gpointer s) evt_tag_int("size", st.st_size), NULL); - if (pos < st.st_size) + if (pos < st.st_size || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) { /* we have data to read */ log_reader_io_process_input(s); -- 1.7.10.4

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Collect log from beginning incase central server's log file gets deleted.
by sagar naravane 27 Oct '12

27 Oct '12

Hi, Below is my setup (see the config details). Issue i am facing is : Lets say on central servers apache logs are collected till 2:00 PM for current date. Incase if i delete the log file on central server, a new file gets created and starts collecting the log after the delete time ie 2:00 PM. What i want to achieve is that in such an event where the log files gets deleted.. the new log-file will collect the log from the beginning of the day ie 12:00 AM. Is this possible ? *************** client config *********************** @include "scl.conf" options { keep_hostname(yes); log_fifo_size(100000) }; rewrite r_setfilename { set( "$FILE_NAME", value(".SDATA.file(a)18372.4.name") ); }; rewrite r_apache_basepath_www-dev01 { subst( "/apps/log/apache/www-dev01/", "", value(".SDATA.file(a)18372.4.name") type("string") flags("prefix") ); }; source s_apache_www-dev01 { file("/apps/log/apache/www-dev01/*.log" program_override("apache/www/dev01") flags(no-parse) recursive(yes) ); }; destination d_server { syslog("x.x.x.x" transport("tcp") port(514)); }; log { source(s_apache_www-dev01); rewrite(r_setfilename); rewrite(r_apache_basepath_www-dev01); destination(d_server); }; *************** Server Config ************ @include "scl.conf" options { create_dirs (yes); dir_perm(0755); dir_group(60030); dir_owner(wwwtools); perm(0755); owner(wwwtools); group(60030); keep_hostname(yes); threaded(yes); log_msg_size(5000000); }; source s_network { syslog(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514) transport("tcp") max-connections(200)); }; filter f_apache_www-dev01 { program('apache/www/dev01'); }; destination d_central { file("/apps/log/syslog-ng/${PROGRAM}/${YEAR}${MONTH}${DAY}/${HOST}/${. SDATA.file(a)18372.4.name}" template("${MSGONLY}\n") ); }; log { source(s_network); filter(f_apache_www-dev01); destination(d_central); }; -- Regards, Sagar Naravane

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[Bug 194] New: Can't open libsyslog-ng-crypto. so during module loading on Fedora
by bugzilla＠bugzilla.balabit.com 27 Oct '12

27 Oct '12

https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=194 Summary: Can't open libsyslog-ng-crypto.so during module loading on Fedora Product: syslog-ng Version: 3.3.x Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: ASSIGNED Severity: normal Priority: unspecified Component: syslog-ng AssignedTo: algernon(a)balabit.hu ReportedBy: algernon(a)balabit.hu CC: algernon(a)balabit.hu Type of the Report: --- Estimated Hours: 0.0 This clone is to track the library path issue separately. +++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #188 +++ Linux distro: Fedora 17 x86_64 Syslog-ng source tarball: syslog-ng-3.3.5.90-20120810-v3.3.5-43-g19f6c.tar.gz we have encountered a couple of problems when running syslog-ng-3.3.5.90-20120810 under Fedora 17 x86_64: 1) ld.so library path 2) undefined symbol: tls_context_setup_session Steps to reproduce the problem: 1) just run "/usr/sbin/syslog-ng --version" ---------- # /usr/sbin/syslog-ng --version syslog-ng 3.3.5.90 Installer-Version: 3.3.5.90 Revision: Compile-Date: Aug 17 2012 22:09:52 Default-Modules: affile,afprog,afsocket,afuser,basicfuncs,csvparser,dbparser,syslogformat,afsql Error opening plugin module; module='afsocket', error='libsyslog-ng-crypto.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory' Error opening plugin module; module='afsocket-notls', error='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng/libafsocket-notls.so: undefined symbol: tls_context_setup_session' Error opening plugin module; module='afsocket-tls', error='libsyslog-ng-crypto.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory' Available-Modules: dummy,afsql,tfjson,dbparser,csvparser,convertfuncs,afuser,basicfuncs,afmongodb,confgen,syslogformat,affile,afprog Enable-Debug: off Enable-GProf: off Enable-Memtrace: off Enable-IPv6: on Enable-Spoof-Source: on Enable-TCP-Wrapper: on Enable-Linux-Caps: on Enable-Pcre: on ---------- The library path problem can be solved by creating the file "/etc/ld.so.conf.d/syslog-ng.conf" containing the syslog-ng module directory ( /usr/lib64/syslog-ng in this particular case ). Running syslog-ng under strace without touching the ld.so library paths produces: ---------- # # strace -e trace=file /usr/sbin/syslog-ng --version ... access("//usr/lib64/syslog-ng/libafsocket.so", F_OK) = 0 stat("//usr/lib64/syslog-ng/libafsocket.so", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=103560, ...}) = 0 open("//usr/lib64/syslog-ng/libafsocket.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 4 open("/lib64/tls/libsyslog-ng-crypto.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib64/libsyslog-ng-crypto.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib64/tls/x86_64/libsyslog-ng-crypto.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib64/tls/x86_64", 0x7fff0f81fcb0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib64/tls/libsyslog-ng-crypto.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib64/tls", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 open("/usr/lib64/x86_64/libsyslog-ng-crypto.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib64/x86_64", 0x7fff0f81fcb0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib64/libsyslog-ng-crypto.so", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/usr/lib64", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0555, st_size=49152, ...}) = 0 Error opening plugin module; module='afsocket', error='libsyslog-ng-crypto.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory' ... ----------- Note that all syslog-ng modules with the exception of libsyslog-ng-crypto.so are loaded from the syslog-ng modules directory. Output of "syslog-ng --version" after creating the file "/etc/ld.so.conf.d/syslog-ng.conf" ---------- # /usr/sbin/syslog-ng --version syslog-ng 3.3.5.90 Installer-Version: 3.3.5.90 Revision: Compile-Date: Aug 17 2012 22:09:52 Default-Modules: affile,afprog,afsocket,afuser,basicfuncs,csvparser,dbparser,syslogformat,afsql Error opening plugin module; module='afsocket-notls', error='//usr/lib64/syslog-ng/libafsocket-notls.so: undefined symbol: tls_context_setup_session' Available-Modules: dummy,afsocket,afsql,tfjson,dbparser,csvparser,convertfuncs,afuser,basicfuncs,afmongodb,afsocket-tls,confgen,syslogformat,affile,afprog Enable-Debug: off Enable-GProf: off Enable-Memtrace: off Enable-IPv6: on Enable-Spoof-Source: on Enable-TCP-Wrapper: on Enable-Linux-Caps: on Enable-Pcre: on ---------- /jpo -- 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 OSE multiline messages support
by Daniel Josue Rodriguez Paiz 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Hello, I have one question, does syslog-ng OSE support multiline parsing logs? i have one applications that send multiline messages and syslog-ng save the log of the first line only. Thanks for your support in adavnce, Daniel

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[Bug 207] New: HOST macro contains different data inside db_parser than in the config
by bugzilla＠bugzilla.balabit.com 23 Oct '12

23 Oct '12

https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207 Summary: HOST macro contains different data inside db_parser than in the config Product: syslog-ng Version: 3.3.x Platform: PC OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: unspecified Component: syslog-ng AssignedTo: bazsi(a)balabit.hu ReportedBy: erempel(a)uvic.ca Type of the Report: --- Estimated Hours: 0.0 When using the $HOST macro in the config file of syslog-ng the macro contains source@hostname type of data. When using the $HOST macro inside the db_parser the macro contains just the hostname. This is confusing. I am not how fix this. I would not like to see the removal of the "source@" portion, but I do want to have the raw hostname available. Perhaps having a macro of $SOURCE that would have "source@hostname" and make the $HOST have just the hostname. The FULLHOST will still have the chain of hosts, including the $SOURCE, just like it has now. -- 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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