[syslog-ng]replacing Linux klogd by a chrooted syslog-ng running as a non root user
Guillaume LACHENAL
glachenal@on-x.com
Thu, 7 Nov 2002 14:25:44 +0100
from http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html
> Q: I want to replace syslogd *and* klogd on my Linux box with syslog-ng.
>
> A: Use a source line like this in your conf file to read kernel
messages, too.
> source src { pipe("/proc/kmsg"); unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal();
};
>
> Note: do not run klogd and syslog-ng fetching local kernel messages
at the
> same time. It may cause syslog-ng to block which makes all logging
local
> daemons unusable.
As /proc/kmsg and /dev/log are outside the jail, is there a way to do the
same thing with a chrooted syslog-ng ?
Thanks
Regards,
Guillaume