[syslog-ng]Problem with "kill -HUP" on syslog-ng

[Balazs Scheidler]

2004-05-06, cs keltezéssel 13:16-kor Stephane OMNES ezt írta:
> Hi,
> I need some help because I encountered a problem when trying to make some
> automatic logrotate script with syslog-ng.
> My "logrotate script" is the following :
> /var/log/*.log {
>     sharedscripts
>     postrotate
>         /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslog-ng.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null ||
> true
>     endscript
> }
> 
> The syslog-ng daemon never restarts when you type "kill -HUP <syslog-ng.pid>"
> I tried also "kill -SIGUP ..." same result (the daemon is stopped but never
> restarts...).
> Did someone ever encountered this problem ?
> Is there any "proper" solution ?
> 
> I'm currently workin under RedHat Enterprise v3.0

I don't know any problems wrt reload in syslog-ng 1.6.x, are you really
sure you are HUPing the correct PID?

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