[syslog-ng]Syslog-ng on Boot

[jesse.keefe@convergys.com]

For those who asked about starting syslog-ng on boot, here is what I did
for Solaris 8.
I simply modified the /etc/rc2.d/S74syslog script:

case "$1" in
'start')
        if [ -f /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf -a -f /usr/sbin/syslog-ng ];
then
                echo 'syslog-ng service starting.'
                #
                # Before syslogd starts, save any messages from previous
                # crash dumps so that messages appear in chronological
order.
                #
                /usr/bin/savecore -m
                if [ -r /etc/dumpadm.conf ]; then
                        . /etc/dumpadm.conf
                        [ "x$DUMPADM_DEVICE" != xswap ] && \
                            /usr/bin/savecore -m -f $DUMPADM_DEVICE
                fi
                if [ ! -f /var/adm/messages ]; then
                        /usr/bin/cp /dev/null /var/adm/messages
                        /usr/bin/chmod 0644 /var/adm/messages
                fi
                /usr/sbin/syslog-ng >/dev/msglog 2>&1 &
        fi
        ;;

'stop')
        echo 'syslog-ng service stopping.'
        if [ -f /var/run/syslog-ng.pid ]; then
                syspid=`/usr/bin/cat /var/run/syslog-ng.pid`
                [ "$syspid" -gt 0 ] && kill -15 $syspid
        fi
        ;;

*)
        echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop }"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

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