[syslog-ng]permissions

[mark]

Ok, success is on the horizon. I can start syslog-ng like this:

syslog-ng -d -v -f /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf -u log -g log

where "log" is an unprivileged user (with /bin/false as a shell when it's all working, to prevent logins).

The config file specifies that syslog-ng writes to:

/var/log/syslog-ng/local/

But the debugging output is giving "permission denied" errors. The permissions on the directories are setup
like this:

# ls /var
drwxr-x---    9 root     root         4096 May  8 05:11 log/

# ls /var/log
drwx------    3 log      log          4096 May  8 05:13 syslog-ng/

# ls /var/log/syslog-ng
drwx------    2 log      log          4096 May  8 05:13 local/

So surely the user "log" and therefore syslog-ng has permission to read and write in this directory? It
doesn't appear to be the case as I can

$ su log

and get permission denied errors whilst trying to read, write, or even cd into the directory. The permissions
on /var/log need to be set as they are, however I'm guessing that this is the root of the problem (no pun
intended). Can anyone suggest a fix?

mark
www.darklogik.org