There seems to be somthing wrong with the forking in the new version. It never goes deamon. Here are the truss lists from 1.3.1 and 1.3.4 resp. 1.3.1 ======================================= # truss /usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng syscall __sysctl(0xbfbfd9c8,0x2,0x2806518c,0xbfbfd9d0,0x0,0x0) returns 0 (0x0) syscall mmap(0x0,32768,0x3,0x1002,-1,0x0) returns 671506432 (0x28066000) syscall geteuid() returns 0 (0x0) syscall getuid() returns 0 (0x0) syscall getegid() returns 0 (0x0) syscall getgid() returns 0 (0x0) syscall open("/var/run/ld-elf.so.hints",0,05001446514) returns 3 (0x3) syscall read(0x3,0xbfbfd97c,0x80) returns 128 (0x80) syscall lseek(3,0x80,0) returns 128 (0x80) syscall read(0x3,0x2806a000,0x67) returns 103 (0x67) syscall close(3) returns 0 (0x0) syscall access("/usr/lib/libc.so.3",0) returns 0 (0x0) syscall open("/usr/lib/libc.so.3",0,05001446514) returns 3 (0x3) syscall read(0x3,0xbfbfc9f8,0x1000) returns 4096 (0x1000) syscall mmap(0x0,528384,0x5,0x2,3,0x0) returns 671539200 (0x2806e000) syscall mmap(0x280db000,20480,0x3,0x12,3,0x6c000) returns 671985664 (0x280db000) syscall mmap(0x280e0000,61440,0x3,0x1012,-1,0x0) returns 672006144 (0x280e0000) syscall close(3) returns 0 (0x0) syscall readlink("/etc/malloc.conf",0xbfbfd96c,63) errno 2 'No such file or directory' syscall mmap(0x0,4096,0x3,0x1002,-1,0x0) returns 672067584 (0x280ef000) syscall break(0x8059000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x805a000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x805b000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall open("/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf",0,0666) returns 3 (0x3) syscall break(0x8060000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall ioctl(3,TIOCGETA,0xbfbfd484) errno 25 'Inappropriate ioctl for device' syscall fstat(3,0xbfbfd400) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x8062000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall read(0x3,0x8060000,0x2000) returns 2523 (0x9db) syscall read(0x3,0x8060000,0x2000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x8063000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x8064000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x8065000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x8066000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall ioctl(3,TIOCGETA,0xbfbfd478) errno 25 'Inappropriate ioctl for device' syscall close(3) returns 0 (0x0) syscall fork() returns 498 (0x1f2) syscall sigaction(0xf,0xbfbfd9e8,0xbfbfd9dc) returns 0 (0x0) syscall sigprocmask(0x1,0x0) returns 0 (0x0) SIGNAL 15 SIGNAL 15 syscall sigaction(0xf,0xbfbfd948,0xbfbfd93c) returns 0 (0x0) syscall sigreturn(0xbfbfd980) returns 0 (0x0) ======================================= 1.3.4 ======================================= # truss src/syslog-ng syscall __sysctl(0xbfbfd9d4,0x2,0x2806618c,0xbfbfd9dc,0x0,0x0) returns 0 (0x0) syscall mmap(0x0,32768,0x3,0x1002,-1,0x0) returns 671510528 (0x28067000) syscall geteuid() returns 0 (0x0) syscall getuid() returns 0 (0x0) syscall getegid() returns 0 (0x0) syscall getgid() returns 0 (0x0) syscall open("/var/run/ld-elf.so.hints",0,05001456514) returns 3 (0x3) syscall read(0x3,0xbfbfd988,0x80) returns 128 (0x80) syscall lseek(3,0x80,0) returns 128 (0x80) syscall read(0x3,0x2806b000,0x67) returns 103 (0x67) syscall close(3) returns 0 (0x0) syscall access("/usr/lib/libc.so.3",0) returns 0 (0x0) syscall open("/usr/lib/libc.so.3",0,05001456514) returns 3 (0x3) syscall read(0x3,0xbfbfca04,0x1000) returns 4096 (0x1000) syscall mmap(0x0,528384,0x5,0x2,3,0x0) returns 671543296 (0x2806f000) syscall mmap(0x280dc000,20480,0x3,0x12,3,0x6c000) returns 671989760 (0x280dc000) syscall mmap(0x280e1000,61440,0x3,0x1012,-1,0x0) returns 672010240 (0x280e1000) syscall close(3) returns 0 (0x0) syscall readlink("/etc/malloc.conf",0xbfbfd974,63) errno 2 'No such file or directory' syscall mmap(0x0,4096,0x3,0x1002,-1,0x0) returns 672071680 (0x280f0000) syscall break(0x805a000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x805b000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x805c000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x805d000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall open("/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf",0,0666) returns 3 (0x3) syscall break(0x8062000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall ioctl(3,TIOCGETA,0xbfbfd490) errno 25 'Inappropriate ioctl for device' syscall fstat(3,0xbfbfd40c) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x8064000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall read(0x3,0x8062000,0x2000) returns 2523 (0x9db) syscall read(0x3,0x8062000,0x2000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x8065000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x8066000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x8067000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall break(0x8068000) returns 0 (0x0) syscall ioctl(3,TIOCGETA,0xbfbfd484) errno 25 'Inappropriate ioctl for device' syscall close(3) returns 0 (0x0) syscall fork() returns 808 (0x328) syscall sigaction(0xf,0xbfbfd9f4,0xbfbfd9e8) returns 0 (0x0) syscall sigprocmask(0x1,0x0) returns 0 (0x0) SIGNAL 20 ======================================= Any ideas or pointers where to look? Cheers, GLZ --- Goran Lowkrantz Email : goran.lowkrantz@infologigruppen.se Infologigruppen Alfa AB Telephone: Nat 070-587 8782 Fax: Nat 070-615 8782 Box 202 Int +46 70-587 8782 Int +46 70-615 8782 941 25 Pitea, Sweden