[syslog-ng] Subsys Dead, syslog-ng and SELinux

[Zeb Fletcher]

Anand Shankar wrote:

>I recently installed syslog-ng successfully on a FC3-SELinux enabled
> box. Everything is fine except that:
> 
> # service syslog-ng status
> 
> syslog-ng dead but subsys locked
> 
> # ls --context /var/lock/subsys/syslog-ng
> 
> -rw------- root root root:object_r:var_lock_t syslog-ng
> 
> The root:object_r:var_lock_t should have been
> user_u:object_r:var_lock_t, and that is what is causing syslog-ng
> daemon to die. Also, the file permissions generally are 666.
> 
> One easy way is to switch off SELinux for syslog-ng, but is there a
> better way?? Why are the permissions wrong??
> 
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> 
> Anand Shankar
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Check the context of the file the error is telling you that the file is 
in the root context and should be user_u. look at the command chcon to 
fix this.

Zeb