[syslog-ng]Logrotate problems

[Dennis Kruyt]

try it with the option -p when you start syslog-ng and give the location of
the pid file where you want it.

syslog-ng -f /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf -p /var/run/syslogd.pid

dennis

----- Original Message -----
From: "Simeon Johnston" <simeonuj@eetc.com>
To: "Syslog-ng" <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:41 PM
Subject: [syslog-ng]Logrotate problems


> I am trying to rotate the logs but am having problems with logrotate.
> This may not be a problem with syslog-ng.
> This is the command used.
>
> /var/log/logfile {
>     postrotate
>         /usr/bin/killall -HUP `cat /var/run/syslog-ng.pid`
>     endscript
> }
>
> The problem with this is that the syslog-ng.pid file seems to be
> generated in whatever directory you started syslog-ng from instead of
> /var/run/*.  Is this a configuration problem of the system?  If a system
> problem how do I go about fixing it ( if this is not too far off topic
> )?  Is there a simpler way to send an HUP signal?
>
> I am using Redhat-6.2 on an ALPHA with syslog-ng 1.4.11.
>
> Thanks,
> sim
>
>
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