Jeremy, Great suggestion... here's what I came up with and it's been working out awesome. ;) [root@server: /Library/StartupItems/syslog-ng]# ls -l total 16 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 135 17 Feb 09:32 StartupParameters.plist -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 444 17 Feb 09:45 syslog-ng [root@server: /Library/StartupItems/syslog-ng]# cat StartupParameters.plist { Description = "syslog-ng"; Provides = ("Logging"); Requires = ("Resolver"); Uses = ("Disks"); OrderPreference = "Early"; } [root@server: /Library/StartupItems/syslog-ng]# cat syslog-ng #!/bin/sh ## # syslog-ng logging daemon ## . /etc/rc.common StartService () { ConsoleMessage "Starting syslog-ng" /usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng -f /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf -p /var/run/syslog-ng.pid } StopService () { ConsoleMessage "Stopping syslog-ng" kill `cat /var/run/syslog-ng.pid` } RestartService () { ConsoleMessage "Restarting syslog-ng" StopService StartService } RunService "$1" -- Alan Orth Upward Bound - Systems Administrator User Services - Field Technician California State University, Chico x6000 -----Original Message----- From: syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu on behalf of Jeremy Mates Sent: Wed 2/15/2006 8:15 PM To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list Subject: [syslog-ng] Re: Syslog logging failure only at boot (Mac OS X) * Orth, Alan <AOrth@exchange.csuchico.edu>
I've got three Mac OS X Panther servers running syslog-ng, and they run it very well. The only problem I have is when I reboot the servers syslog-ng starts from rc but fails to start logging. It's running, but it's not logging. I have to kill it and run it manually and then it runs. It's like it's choking on something by coming up too early in the boot process...?
Try creating a custom /Library/StartupItems entry for syslog-ng, and set the StartupParameters.plist to require the Resolver, but use a high OrderPreference to start loggin as soon as possible. For examples, see: grep -r Requires /System/Library/StartupItems On Tiger, launchd could also be used to manage syslog-ng. _______________________________________________ syslog-ng maillist - syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng Frequently asked questions at http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html