[syslog-ng]logrotate question (not working with syslog-ng)...

[syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu]

It's perfectly possible to use logrotate on RedHat with syslog-ng... here's my
logrotate.conf
stripped of irrelevant detail:

$ cat /etc/logrotate.d/syslog-ng
/var/log/secure {
}

/var/log/maillog {
}

/var/log/spooler {
}
........
/var/log/messages {
     .......
    postrotate
        /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog-ng reconfig
        .......
    endscript
}
$

And the corresponding tweaks to init script to allow for a reconfig option, plus
 some
extra features relating preventing syslog-ng restart when the config is broken,
emulating klogd,
and handling syslog-ng startup prior to named an ipchains
only central logging server with dns hostname lookup enabled..

$ cat /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog-ng
#!/bin/sh
#
# syslog-ng        Starts syslog-ng
#
# chkconfig: 2345 30 99
# description: Syslog-ng is the facility by which many daemons use to log \
# messages to various system log files.  It is a good idea to always \
# run syslog-ng.

################################################################################

# Source function library.
if [ -d /etc/init.d ]; then
        . /etc/init.d/functions
else
        . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
fi

. /etc/sysconfig/network

if [ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ]
then
        exit 0
fi

# General security measures..
umask 077
ulimit -c 0

INIT_PROG="/usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng"    # Full path to daemon
INIT_CONF="/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf"  # Full path to config
INIT_OPTS=""
PRINTKLEVEL=2

# Get per-service config overrides
if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/syslog-ng ]; then
        . /etc/sysconfig/syslog-ng
fi

[ -x $INIT_PROG ] || exit 1
[ -s $INIT_CONF ] || exit 1

INIT_NAME=`basename "$INIT_PROG"`

# Correct the setting of raw printk kernel logging to mimic klogd behaviour
printkset()
{
        currentprintk=`awk '{print $1}' /proc/sys/kernel/printk`
        if [ ${PRINTKLEVEL} -ne ${currentprintk} ]; then
                action "Setting kernel console default printk to ${PRINTKLEVEL}"
 dmesg -n ${PRINTKLEVEL}
        fi
}

validconfig()
{
        $INIT_PROG -s -f $INIT_CONF
        RETVAL=$?
        echo -n "Syslog-ng configuration check"
        [ $RETVAL -ne 0 ] && failure "Syslog-ng configuration check" && echo &&
exit 1
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && success "Syslog-ng configuration check" && echo
}

findsyslogchain ()
{
rulenum=`ipchains -L input --line-numbers |
         awk '{print $1,$2,$3,$5,$9}' |
         grep "DENY udp anywhere syslog" | awk '{print $1}' | sort -rn`
if [ "$rulenum" = "" ]; then
        rulenum=0
fi
#Chain input (policy ACCEPT):
#num  target     prot opt     source                destination           ports
#1    DENY       udp  ------  anywhere             anywhere              any ->
  syslog
}

isdnsrunning ()
{
        if [ -n "`/sbin/pidof named`" ]; then
                dnsrunning=1
        else
                dnsrunning=0
        fi
}

RETVAL=0

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
        validconfig

        printkset

        isdnsrunning
        [ $dnsrunning -ne 1 ] && $0 local

        echo -n "Starting $INIT_NAME: "
        daemon --check $INIT_PROG "$INIT_PROG -f $INIT_CONF $INIT_OPTS"
        RETVAL=$?
        echo

        [ $dnsrunning -eq 1 ] && $0 remote

        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch "/var/lock/subsys/${INIT_NAME}"

        # Warn sendmail that syslog has restarted
        /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail reconfig
        ;;

  stop)
        echo -n "Shutting down $INIT_NAME: "
        killproc $INIT_PROG
        RETVAL=$?
        echo
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f "/var/lock/subsys/${INIT_NAME}"
        ;;

  status)
        status $INIT_PROG
        #status klogd
        RETVAL=$?
        ;;

  reconfig)
        validconfig

        printkset

        isdnsrunning
        [ $dnsrunning -ne 1 ] && $0 local

        echo -n "Re-HUPing $INIT_NAME daemon"
        killproc $INIT_PROG -HUP
        RETVAL=$?
        echo

        [ $dnsrunning -eq 1 ] && $0 remote
        ;;

  restart|reload)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        RETVAL=$?
        ;;

  local)
        findsyslogchain
        if [ "$rulenum" = "0" ]; then
                action "Disabling remote syslogging" ipchains -I input 1 -i eth+
 --proto udp --dport syslog -j DENY
                RETVAL=$?
        fi
        ;;

  remote)
        findsyslogchain
        if [ "$rulenum" != "0" ]; then
                for rule in `echo $rulenum`
                do
                        action "Enabling remote syslogging - remove ipchains
rule $rule" ipchains -D input ${rule}
                        RETVAL=$?
                done
        fi
        ;;

  validate)
        validconfig
        ;;

  printkset)
        printkset
        RETVAL=$?
        ;;

  *)
        echo "Usage: syslog
{start|stop|status|reconfig|restartlocal|remote|validate|printkset}"
        exit 1
esac

exit $RETVAL
$




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