[syslog-ng]Logrotate problems

[Simeon Johnston]

That works great.  Thanks for the info.

sim

Dennis Kruyt wrote:

> 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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