[syslog-ng]syslog-ng

[Dave Johnson]

1) Does "init.d script" come before #!/bin/bash?
2) before the first case statement modify "RETVAL-0"  to be "RETVAL=0"
3) in the lines that have "/usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng"  add the "-f"
option and give
    the config file location on your system; because by default its
trying to find it
    "/usr/local/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf"  and its not there.

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 13:53:07 -0500, Michael Di Martino <mdm@telx.com> wrote:
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> I have just installed syslog-ng-1.6.5 and was looking forwarded to putting
> some of its features to good use. However, I just cannot get this up
> according to your install instructions. 
> 
> When I try to start "syslog-ng" I get the following errors. I have check the
> startup for typos I could not find any. does anyone have any insight to this
> error? 
> 
> [root@traffic syslog-ng]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog-ng start 
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog-ng: line 1: init.d: command not found 
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog-ng: line 14: RETVAL-0: command not found 
> Starting syslog-ng: Cannot open configuration file
> /usr/local/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf for reading 
> Parse error reading configuration file, exiting. (line 1) 
> [FAILED] 
> [root@traffic syslog-ng]# 
> 
> this is my startup script 
> 
> [root@traffic syslog-ng]# vi /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog-ng 
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> init.d script 
> #!/bin/bash 
> 
> # 
> #description: syslog-ng starup script 
> # 
> #process name: syslog-ng 
> #config: /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf 
> #pidfile: /var/run/syslog-ng.pid 
> 
> #source function library 
> . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions 
> 
> RETVAL-0 
> 
> case "$1" in 
>         start) 
>                 echo -n "Starting syslog-ng: " 
>                 if [ ! -f /var/run/syslog-ng.pid ] ; then 
>                         case "`type -type success`" in 
>                           function) 
>                             /usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng && success "syslog-ng
> starup" || \ 
>                                failure "syslog-ng startup" 
>                            RETVAL=$? 
>                          ;; 
>                          *) 
>                            /usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng && echo -n "syslog-ng "
>                            RETVAL=$? 
>                          ;; 
>                          esac 
>                          [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && echo -n "syslog-ng " 
>                 fi 
>                 echo 
>                 ;; 
>         stop) 
>                 echo -n "Shutting down syslog-ng; " 
>                 if [ -f /var/run/syslog-ng.pid ] ; then 
>                         killproc syslog-ng 
>                 fi 
>                 echo 
>                 [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/syslog-ng 
>                 ;; 
>         restart) 
>                 $0 stop 
>                 $0 start 
>                 RETVAL=$? 
>                 ;; 
>         status) 
>                 status syslog-ng 
>                 RETVAL=$? 
>                 ;; 
>         *) 
>                 echo "Usage: {start|stop|restart|status}" 
>                 exit 1 
> esac 
> 
> exit $RETVAL 
> Thanks in advance. 
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> Regards, 
> Michael DiMartino 
> Director of MIS 
> The telx Group, Inc. 
> 17 State St, 33rd Floor 
> New York, NY 10004 
> T: 212.480.3300 X2022 
> C: 646.207.6603 
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> Regards, 
> Michael DiMartino 
> Director of MIS 
> The telx Group, Inc. 
> 17 State St, 33rd Floor 
> New York, NY 10004 
> T: 212.480.3300 X2022 
> C: 646.207.6603 
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