[syslog-ng] Re: Syslog logging failure only at boot (Mac OS X)

[Jeremy Mates]

* Orth, Alan <AOrth at exchange.csuchico.edu>
> I've got three Mac OS X Panther servers running syslog-ng, and they
> run it very well. The only problem I have is when I reboot the servers
> syslog-ng starts from rc but fails to start logging. It's running, but
> it's not logging. I have to kill it and run it manually and then it
> runs. It's like it's choking on something by coming up too early in
> the boot process...?

Try creating a custom /Library/StartupItems entry for syslog-ng, and set
the StartupParameters.plist to require the Resolver, but use a high
OrderPreference to start loggin as soon as possible. For examples, see:

grep -r Requires /System/Library/StartupItems

On Tiger, launchd could also be used to manage syslog-ng.