Hi, thanks for your reaction. The output of " $ ls -l /opt/local/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf" is: "-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 3318 Jan 23 14:37 syslog-ng.conf" The output of " $ cat /opt/local/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf " is: options { long_hostnames(on); sync(0); use_dns(yes); use_fqdn(yes); create_dirs(yes); keep_hostnames(yes); time_reap(12); time_reopen(10); }; source src { unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal(); }; source net { udp(ip(127.20.0.2) port(514)); }; destination authlog { file("/var/log/auth.log"); }; destination syslog { file("/var/log/syslog"); }; destination cron { file("/var/log/cron.log"); }; destination daemon { file("/var/log/daemon.log"); }; destination kern { file("/var/log/kern.log"); }; destination lpr { file("/var/log/lpr.log"); }; destination user { file("/var/log/user.log"); }; destination uucp { file("/var/log/uucp.log"); }; destination ppp { file("/var/log/ppp.log"); }; destination mail { file("/var/log/mail.log"); }; destination mailinfo { file("/var/log/mail.info"); }; destination mailwarn { file("/var/log/mail.warn"); }; destination mailerr { file("/var/log/mail.err"); }; destination newscrit { file("/var/log/news/news.crit"); }; destination newserr { file("/var/log/news/news.err"); }; destination newsnotice { file("/var/log/news/news.notice"); }; destination debug { file("/var/log/debug"); }; destination messages { file("/var/log/messages"); }; destination console { usertty("root"); }; filter f_auth { facility(auth); }; filter f_authpriv { facility(auth, authpriv); }; filter f_syslog { not facility(authpriv, mail); }; filter f_cron { facility(cron); }; filter f_daemon { facility(daemon); }; filter f_kern { facility(kern); }; filter f_lpr { facility(lpr); }; filter f_mail { facility(mail); }; filter f_user { facility(user); }; filter f_uucp { facility(cron); }; filter f_ppp { facility(local2); }; filter f_news { facility(news); }; filter f_debug { not facility(auth, authpriv, news, mail); }; filter f_messages { level(info..warn) and not facility(auth, authpriv, mail, news); }; filter f_emergency { level(emerg); }; filter f_info { level(info); }; filter f_notice { level(notice); }; filter f_warn { level(warn); }; filter f_crit { level(crit); }; filter f_err { level(err); }; log { source(src); filter(f_authpriv); destination(authlog); }; log { source(src); filter(f_syslog); destination(syslog); }; log { source(src); filter(f_cron); destination(cron); }; log { source(src); filter(f_daemon); destination(daemon); }; log { source(src); filter(f_kern); destination(kern); }; log { source(src); filter(f_lpr); destination(lpr); }; log { source(src); filter(f_mail); destination(mail); }; log { source(src); filter(f_user); destination(user); }; log { source(src); filter(f_uucp); destination(uucp); }; log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_info); destination(mailinfo); }; log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_warn); destination(mailwarn); }; log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_err); destination(mailerr); }; log { source(src); filter(f_news); filter(f_crit); destination(newscrit); }; log { source(src); filter(f_news); filter(f_err); destination(newserr); }; log { source(src); filter(f_news); filter(f_notice); destination(newsnotice); }; log { source(src); filter(f_debug); destination(debug); }; log { source(src); filter(f_messages); destination(messages); }; log { source(src); filter(f_emergency); destination(console); }; log { source(src); filter(f_ppp); destination(ppp); }; log { source(src); destination(console_all); };

From: Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu> Reply-To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu> To: syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] parse error Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 09:15:22 -0600

On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 15:06 +0000, voorbeeld voorbeeld wrote:

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Hello all,

i'm a newbie with Syslog-ng and i've got aquestion about it. I'm installed syslog-ng version 1.6.11 with DarwinPorts (with command "sudo port install syslog-ng"). When i try to run syslog-ng (from the location "/opt/local/sbin/") i get the following error:

"Cannot open configuration file /opt/local/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf for reading Parse error reading configuration file, exiting. (line 1)".

what is the output of

$ ls -l /opt/local/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf

what is the output of

$ cat /opt/local/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf

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It did this because i want to give everbody all the rights to adjust the config file. But thx for your comment!

From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Reply-To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu> To: "Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list" <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu> Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] parse error Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:51:27 -0500

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:36:22 GMT, voorbeeld voorbeeld said:

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Hi,

thanks for your reaction.

The output of " $ ls -l /opt/local/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf" is:

"-rwxrwxrwx 1 root admin 3318 Jan 23 14:37 syslog-ng.conf"

^ ^ You probably want to fix those, before some user decides to change your config. :)

(More to the point, you should check if a busticated 'umask 0' setting caused a *lot* of files to be installed with too-wide-open permissions - possibly even affecting other packages you've installed...)

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