[syslog-ng] I/O error since upgrade to v1.9.9-1 [again w/o attachments]

[Balazs Scheidler]

On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 20:00 +0200, ma.LAN.ge wrote:
> > > Yesterday I updated my Debian Etch (kernel 2.6.16-1) with syslog-ng
> > > v1.9.9-1.
> > > 
> > > I had to modify syslog-ng.conf, cause syslog-ng did not start after
> > > upgrading (syntax error line xxx).
> > 
> > I already reported similar issues in our bugzilla about (currently)
> > unimplemented features in the 1.9 branch which were working in the 1.6
> > branch. Hopefully Bazsi will implement the missing features or convert
> > these errors into warnings and FIXME-s in the near future :))
> > 
> > > OK, I merged my old .conf with the new .conf and cleaned some old .log
> > files
> > > in /var/log/.
> > > 
> > > syslog-ng script started now w/o any syntax errors, but in
> > /var/log/messages
> > > folowing occurs massively and rapidly:
> > > 
> > > syslog-ng: I/O error occurred while writing, error='Operation not
> > permitted
> > > (1)', fd='5' | fd='17'
> > 
> > If your configuration isn't confidental, please post your configuration
> OK, attached. (now compressed ;)
> > with the list of the /proc/[syslog-ng_pid]/fd directory.
> Hm, unbeliebvable, but true: I only restarted syslog-ng and it seems to
> work. No more errors like mentioned above occurred anymore (until now =).

It must have been some kind of permission problem on one/more of the
destination files. "Operation not permitted" was returned in response
for write().

> 
> But a question besides: How can I hide the syslog-ng 'log statistics' list
> from being displayed in syslog? It nerves a little bit ;)

use stats_freq(-1) in your global options.

-- 
Bazsi