this is wat i received after running sh -x /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start [root@netengeng root]# sh -x /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start + INIT_PROG=syslog-ng + . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ++ TEXTDOMAIN=initscripts ++ TEXTDOMAINDIR=/etc/locale ++ umask 022 ++ PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin ++ export PATH ++ '[' -z '' ']' ++ COLUMNS=80 ++ '[' -z '' ']' +++ /sbin/consoletype ++ CONSOLETYPE=pty ++ '[' -f /etc/sysconfig/i18n -a -z '' ']' ++ . /etc/sysconfig/i18n +++ LANG=en_US.UTF-8 +++ SUPPORTED=en_US.UTF-8:en_US:en +++ SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 ++ '[' pty '!=' pty ']' ++ export LANG ++ '[' -z '' ']' ++ '[' -f /etc/sysconfig/init ']' ++ . /etc/sysconfig/init +++ BOOTUP=color +++ RES_COL=60 +++ MOVE_TO_COL=echo -en \033[60G +++ SETCOLOR_SUCCESS=echo -en \033[0;32m +++ SETCOLOR_FAILURE=echo -en \033[0;31m +++ SETCOLOR_WARNING=echo -en \033[0;33m +++ SETCOLOR_NORMAL=echo -en \033[0;39m +++ LOGLEVEL=3 +++ PROMPT=yes ++ '[' pty = serial ']' ++ '[' color '!=' verbose ']' ++ INITLOG_ARGS=-q + SYSLOGNG_PATH=:/usr/local/sbin + PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin + export PATH + '[' -f /etc/sysconfig/syslog-ng ']' + SYSLOGNG_OPTIONS= + RETVAL=0 + umask 077 + ulimit -c 0 + start + echo -n 'Starting syslog-ng: ' Starting syslog-ng: + daemon syslog-ng + local gotbase= force= + local base= user= nice= bg= pid= + nicelevel=0 + '[' syslog-ng '!=' syslog-ng ']' + '[' -z '' ']' + base=syslog-ng + '[' -f /var/run/syslog-ng.pid ']' + '[' -n '' -a -z '' ']' + ulimit -S -c 0 + '[' color = verbose -a -z '' ']' + '[' -z '' ']' + initlog -q -c syslog-ng + '[' 0 -eq 0 ']' + success 'syslog-ng startup' + '[' -z '' ']' + initlog -q -n /etc/init.d/syslog-ng -s 'syslog-ng startup' -e 1 + '[' color '!=' verbose -a -z '' ']' + echo_success + '[' color = color ']' + echo -en '\033[60G' + echo -n '[ ' [ + '[' color = color ']' + echo -en '\033[0;32m' + echo -n OK OK+ '[' color = color ']' + echo -en '\033[0;39m' + echo -n ' ]' ]+ echo -ne '\r' + return 0 + return 0 + RETVAL=0 + echo + '[' 0 -eq 0 ']' + touch /var/lock/subsys/syslog-ng + return 0 + exit 0 when i tried to do /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start, i received this error message.. [root@netengeng root]# /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start -bash: /etc/init.d/syslog-ng: Permission denied [root@netengeng ~]# /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start /etc/init.d/syslog-ng: Permission denied. thank you. - wander. -- On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:57:29 Clausing, James A (Jim), SOLCM wrote:
As root run
# sh -x /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start
This will show the script executing. Respond back to the list and let us know where in the script the error is being generated (the last few lines with '+' in front of them). Then also give us the complete error message. We don't have enough info to troubleshoot this.
-----Original Message----- From: Nica Smith [mailto:wanderlust27@lycos.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 04:30 To: syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu Subject: [syslog-ng]permission denied on syslog-ng
my syslog-ng.conf is located at usr/local/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
then i copied init.d.RedHat-7.3 /etc/init.d (from contrib) to /etc/init.d/syslog-ng
when i do /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start, i received an error "permission denied".
what did i miss? need ur help. tnx.
- wander
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