[syslog-ng]logrotate question (not working with syslog-ng)...
Frank Crawford
syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu
10 Apr 2003 11:10:13 +1000
The standard compile options for syslog-ng put the pid file (which just
contains the process ID) into '/var/run/syslogd-ng.pid', but logrotate
and related things expect the pid to be in '/var/run/syslogd.pid', which
is syslogd's standard location. Aside from the filename, syslogd and
syslog-ng act the same on receipt of a SIGHUP (by design), and most apps
just pick up the pid from that file.
Frank
On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 09:32, seberino@spawar.navy.mil wrote:
> Frank
>
> I like your solution. Can I ask you a question
> about it?? Why does it work???
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 11:01:17AM +1000, Frank Crawford wrote:
> > If you don't wish to modify the logrotate file, the other option is to
> > startup syslog-ng with the '-p' option to name the pid file as syslog
> > would, i.e. "syslog-ng -p /var/run/syslogd.pid".
> >
> > Frank
> >
> > On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 10:35, Richard E. Perlotto II wrote:
> > > I had noticed the same thing and with the RPM that I had
> > > created for syslog-ng, I modified the logrotate file
> > > for the user.
> > >
> > >
> > > Richard
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: syslog-ng-admin@lists.balabit.hu
> > > > [mailto:syslog-ng-admin@lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of
> > > > seberino@spawar.navy.mil
> > > > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 4:52 PM
> > > > To: Jacob Steinberger
> > > > Cc: syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu
> > > > Subject: Re: [syslog-ng]logrotate question (not working with
> > > > syslog-ng)...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!!!
> > > >
> > > > I did not touch logrotate conf file. I just swapped
> > > > syslog with syslog-ng and hoped nothing would break.
> > > >
> > > > This is a really bad gotcha because I would guess
> > > > lotsa of people will make this mistake.
> > > >
> > > > Is there no way to make syslog-ng NOT require modification
> > > > of logrotate? Do most people on this list know that?
> > > > I hope so.
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 06:27:10PM -0400, Jacob Steinberger wrote:
> > > > > In your logrotate settings, did you send a restart to
> > > > syslog-ng or a
> > > > > HUP to it? You need to do one of the two because the INODE
> > > > on the file
> > > > > changes and syslog-ng isn't built to follow INODEs...
> > > > >
> > > > > Jacob
> > > > >
> > > > > > For some reason every time logrotate rotates
> > > > /var/log/messages, my
> > > > > > syslog-ng stops working.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The permissions look ok..
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [office root /var/log] # ls -l mess*
> > > > > > -rw------- 1 root root 0 Apr 6 04:02 messages
> > > > > > -rw------- 1 root root 378135 Apr 7 15:15 messages.1
> > > > > > -rw------- 1 root root 908864 Mar 31 15:50 messages.2
> > > > > > -rw------- 1 root root 1795514 Mar 25 14:06 messages.3
> > > > > > -rw------- 1 root root 945373 Mar 19 11:31 messages.4
> > > > > > -rw------- 1 root root 7 Apr 7 14:24
> > > > messages.offset
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Why does logrotate cause syslog-ng to not put any new stuff in
> > > > > > /var/log/messages?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Chris
> > > > > >
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