Actualy there are command line options to set the running user and group ( -u user -g group)using those options it will open the port then drop privledges. What you need to look out for is warnings about FD's (file descriptors) if you see an error message about a FD followed by a number find the pid number and look in /proc/$pid/fd do an ls -l and you will see what looks like symlinks check the permissions on the target of the link which is corisponds to the number once you get past the file permission issues it should work fine without changing port numbers. On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 3:25 am, Russell Fulton wrote:

You should be able to run syslog-ng as non root user so long as you are binding to ports above 1024.

Wilson Lai wrote:

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Dear ALL,

How could I start the Sylog-NG service as a non-root user? Is there any guideline?

Thanks.

*Regards,*

*Wilson Lai*

System Engineer

IT Dept., SJM

Office ( : (853)2978585

Mobile ( : (853)66506709

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