[syslog-ng] syslog-ng unable to starts

[Andreas Kurz]

On 8/24/07, mailing list <sunlist at yahoo.com> wrote:
> syslog-ng 2.0.4, Solaris 10, attempting to replace syslogd on Solaris.  I
> stopped syslogd before starting syslog-ng on my system and I keep getting the
> below error messages in /var/adm/messages: (ps -ef shows syslog-ng is running)
>
> Aug 23 14:39:52 server1 syslog-ng[7764]: Connection failed; error='Connection
> refused (146)'
> Aug 23 14:39:52 server1 syslog-ng[7764]: Initiating connection failed,
> reconnecting; time_reopen='10'

I got the same message when one of of my tcp-destinations was not available ...
tcp("192.168.1.254" port(5140)) is a remote syslog server of yours?
can you connect to this port from your server?

>
> I've edited /etc/inet/services to include port 5140 and stop/start inetd via
> Solaris smf (svcadm).  Was there something else I need to make the port open or
> perhaps something in syslog-ng.conf?

hmm .... I don't understand this question .... what has the syslog-ng
server to do with the inetd???? If you have a remote syslog-ng server
running on host 192.168.1.254 you have to include a line like:

source loghost { tcp(192.168.1.254 port(5140)); };

.... in the syslog-ng config of host 192.168.1.254 to let syslog-ng
listen on that port and receive remote syslog messages.

Regards,
Andreas

>
> Additionally, I used the config file from
> http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/solaris-conf.txt and only make changes to the
> "destination loghost" is there anything specific to Solaris 10 that I need to
> add/remove in the configuration file?
>
> Thank you for any pointers.
>
> Regards,
>
> -- Mike
>
>
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