[syslog-ng] Run syslog-NG as a non root user!

[Paul Robert Marino]

Actualy there are command line options to set the running user and group 
( -u user -g group)using those options it will open the port then drop 
privledges. What you need to look out for is warnings about FD's (file 
descriptors) if you see an error message about a FD followed by a number 
find the pid number and look in /proc/$pid/fd do an ls -l and you will 
see what looks like symlinks check the permissions on the target of the 
link which is corisponds to the number once you get past the file 
permission issues it should work fine without changing port numbers.
On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 3:25 am, Russell Fulton wrote:
> You should be able to run syslog-ng as non root user so long as you are
> binding to ports above 1024.
>
> Wilson Lai wrote:
>>
>>  Dear ALL,
>>
>>          How could I start the Sylog-NG service as a non-root user? Is
>>  there any guideline?
>>
>>          Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>>  *Regards,*
>>
>>  *Wilson Lai*
>>
>>  System Engineer
>>
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