Hi, I think logrotate ist the troeblemaker. Have a look on it Best regards Martin
"Peter Michael Calum" <pemca@tdc.dk> 19.02.2008 16:05:00 >>> Hi
I have installed syslog-ng on RHEL 5 as an RPM (syslog-ng-2.0.8-1.fc8.i386.rpm). It runs fine except for this problem : Every night at 04:02 som script runs and make a reload of the configuration. This comes out with some errors in the messages file, but the real problem is, that syslog-ng sometime stops running at this time. I'm running syslog-ng together with php-syslog-ng Hope anyone can help rgds, Peter Calum Denmark Feb 19 04:02:04 s_sys@khk9dsg5 syslog-ng[21702]: Configuration reload request received, reloading configuration; Feb 19 04:02:04 s_sys@khk9dsg5 syslog-ng[21702]: Internal error, duplicate configuration elements refer to the same persistent config; name='afsocket_sd_connections(stream,AF_UNIX(/dev/log))' Feb 19 04:02:04 s_sys@khk9dsg5 syslog-ng[21702]: Internal error, duplicate configuration elements refer to the same persistent config; name='afsocket_sd_connections(dgram,AF_INET(0.0.0.0:514))' Feb 19 04:02:04 s_sys@khk9dsg5 syslog-ng[21702]: Configuration reload request received, reloading configuration; Feb 19 04:02:04 s_sys@khk9dsg5 syslog-ng[21702]: Internal error, duplicate configuration elements refer to the same persistent config; name='afsocket_sd_listen_fd(stream,AF_UNIX(/dev/log))' Feb 19 04:02:04 s_sys@khk9dsg5 syslog-ng[21702]: Configuration reload request received, reloading configuration; Feb 19 04:02:04 s_sys@khk9dsg5 syslog-ng[21702]: Internal error, duplicate configuration elements refer to the same persistent config; name='afsocket_sd_listen_fd(stream,AF_UNIX(/dev/log))' My configuration file : options { sync (0); chain_hostnames(on); stats(43200); time_reopen (10); log_fifo_size (1000); long_hostnames (on); use_dns (yes); use_fqdn (no); create_dirs (no); keep_hostname (yes); }; source s_sys { file ("/proc/kmsg" log_prefix("kernel: ")); unix-stream ("/dev/log"); internal(); udp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514)); tcp(ip(0.0.0.0) port(514)); }; source s_everything { internal(); pipe("/proc/kmsg"); unix-stream("/dev/log"); udp(); }; destination d_cons { file("/dev/console"); }; destination d_mesg { file("/var/log/messages"); }; destination d_auth { file("/var/log/secure"); }; destination d_mail { file("/var/log/maillog" sync(10)); }; destination d_spol { file("/var/log/spooler"); }; destination d_boot { file("/var/log/boot.log"); }; destination d_cron { file("/var/log/cron"); }; destination d_mlal { usertty("*"); }; destination d_mysql { program("/usr/bin/mysql -usyslogadmin -psyslogadmin syslog" template("INSERT INTO logs (host, facility, priority, level, tag, datetime, program, msg) VALUES ( '$HOST', '$FACILITY', '$PRIORITY', '$LEVEL', '$TAG', '$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY $HOUR:$MIN:$SEC','$PROGRAM', '$MSG' );\n") template-escape(yes)); }; log { source(s_everything); destination(d_mysql); }; filter f_filter1 { facility(kern); }; filter f_filter2 { level(info..emerg) and not facility(mail,authpriv,cron); }; filter f_filter3 { facility(authpriv); }; filter f_filter4 { facility(mail); }; filter f_filter5 { level(emerg); }; filter f_filter6 { facility(uucp) or (facility(news) and level(crit..emerg)); }; filter f_filter7 { facility(local7); }; filter f_filter8 { facility(cron); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter1); destination(d_cons); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter2); destination(d_mesg); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter3); destination(d_auth); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter4); destination(d_mail); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter5); destination(d_mlal); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter6); destination(d_spol); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter7); destination(d_boot); }; log { source(s_sys); filter(f_filter8); destination(d_cron); }; # vim:set ai ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 et: Westdeutsche Lotterie GmbH & Co. OHG | Sitz: Münster Registergericht: Amtsgericht Münster Handelsregister: Münster HRA 4379 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Winfried Wortmann Vorsitzender des Beirates: Ernst Gerlach Gesellschafter: Nordwestlotto in Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH | Sitz: Münster Registergericht: Amtsgericht Münster Handelsregister: HRB 3840 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Winfried Wortmann NRW.BANK | Sitz: Düsseldorf und Münster Rechtsform: Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts Registergerichte: Amtsgerichte Düsseldorf/Münster Handelsregister: Düsseldorf HRA 15277/Münster HRA 5300