[syslog-ng] SuSE 10.0 - Changing permissions on special file /dev/xconsole

[Nate Campi]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 04:05:44PM -0800, George wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am getting the following in my /var/log/warn file at each bootup. 
> What is it about and how do I fix it?
> 
> Jan 26 06:26:52 dns1 syslog-ng[3430]: Changing permissions on special
> file /dev/xconsole
> Jan 26 06:26:52 dns1 syslog-ng[3430]: Changing permissions on special
> file /dev/tty10
> 
> I have SuSE 10.0 installed on a IBM X330 (8654-51Y) eserver xseries with
> a dual Pentium III (x84) and a S3 Savage 4 video card.

You can explicitly set perms on files, syslog-ng sets more restrictive
perms on file for security reasons - but you usually don't want device
files changed from their defaults.

Best answer: remove your destination and log clauses that reference the
xconsole - you almost surely don't use it anyways.
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Nate

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