[syslog-ng] io.c: do_read: read( ) failed (errno 1), Operation not permitted

[Gellér Sándor]

Rick.Daoust at borealc.on.ca wrote:
>         I installed syslog-ng version 1.6.9 on Fedora Core 4 in a chroot 
> jail  and when starting it, I receive the following message "io.c: 
> do_read: read( ) failed (errno 1), Operation not permitted".  I believe 
> this message is the result of syslog-ng not being able to read from 
> /proc/kmsg.  However, I'm a newbie to Linux and Sylog-ng!  Any suggestions 
> would be greatly appreciated!

Remove the /proc/kmsg from your configuration, it's unneeded when a
syslog daemon running outside of the chroot already reads the kernel
messages.

If this doesn't help, show your syslog-ng.conf file.

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Sandor Geller
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