I am attempting to install syslog-ng on SUSE Linux and having issues starting the service. Port 514 is not listening and I assume it because the syslog-ng service is not starting. Does the syslog service start the syslog-ng service? If not how do I start the service? Thanks. Keith Rechtorik Network Administrator
look your process ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rechtorik, Keith" <krechtorik@vocollect.com> To: <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 2:39 PM Subject: [syslog-ng] syslog-ng not starting
I am attempting to install syslog-ng on SUSE Linux and having issues starting the service. Port 514 is not listening and I assume it because the syslog-ng service is not starting. Does the syslog service start the syslog-ng service? If not how do I start the service?
Thanks.
Keith Rechtorik Network Administrator _______________________________________________ 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
Rechtorik, Keith wrote:
I am attempting to install syslog-ng on SUSE Linux and having issues starting the service. Port 514 is not listening and I assume it because the syslog-ng service is not starting. Does the syslog service start the syslog-ng service? If not how do I start the service?
Suse allows syslog and syslog-ng to be installed at the same time and uses the same startup script ("/etc/init.d/syslog") and service name for both. Which one is actually used is controlled by "/etc/sysconfig/syslog" (set SYSLOG_DAEMON="syslog-ng"). If you start it by hand ("/etc/init.d/syslog start") and there is any problem, you should see an error message. Regards, Peter Daum
In general the standard syslog service provided by the OS vendor needs to be shutdown and disabled before syslog-ng may be used. The reason is that both of these tools use the same port number and whichever tool is started first will lock down the port and not allow the other to start. I don't work with SUSE, but I'm guessing the startup script may be found under /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d/init.d. You may also want to take a look at http://www.syslog.org as they have a few howto/guides on replacing your syslog service with replacements. Rechtorik, Keith wrote:
I am attempting to install syslog-ng on SUSE Linux and having issues starting the service. Port 514 is not listening and I assume it because the syslog-ng service is not starting. Does the syslog service start the syslog-ng service? If not how do I start the service?
Thanks.
Keith Rechtorik Network Administrator _______________________________________________ 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
I hate to state the obvious but this statement is way off: "Port 514 is not listening and I assume it because the syslog-ng service is not starting." syslog-ng could be running and not configured to listen on (TCP or UDP) port 514. You need to see which syslog daemon is configured (as the other ppl on this thread already said) then make sure it's running, the make sure it's configured to listen on the port you want, then make sure no packet filters are blocking your traffic to it. On 5/12/05, Andrew Morris <morrisa@telusplanet.net> wrote:
In general the standard syslog service provided by the OS vendor needs to be shutdown and disabled before syslog-ng may be used. The reason is that both of these tools use the same port number and whichever tool is started first will lock down the port and not allow the other to start.
I don't work with SUSE, but I'm guessing the startup script may be found under /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d/init.d. You may also want to take a look at http://www.syslog.org as they have a few howto/guides on replacing your syslog service with replacements.
Rechtorik, Keith wrote:
I am attempting to install syslog-ng on SUSE Linux and having issues starting the service. Port 514 is not listening and I assume it because the syslog-ng service is not starting. Does the syslog service start the syslog-ng service? If not how do I start the service?
Thanks.
Keith Rechtorik Network Administrator _______________________________________________ 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
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