[syslog-ng] syslog-ng doesn't log anything with local configuration

[Geller, Sandor (IT)]

Hi,

> Hi,
> 
> I am using openSUSE 10.3 with syslog-ng 1.6.12-33 with the following
> configuration file:
> 
> #
> source s_file { internal(); };
> destination d_file { file("/home/uga/Daten/system/system.msg"); };
> log { source(s_file); destination(d_file); };
> 
> You see, it's really simple. ls -l displays for the file:
> 
> -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root     0 2008-02-07 22:03 system.msg
> 
> So system.msg is writable for all. But nothing is logged to the file,
> even after restart. The FAQ mentions a similar case
> (http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html#dupe_sources) but 
> the problem
> here are clearly duplicate  sources in the directives. This is not the
> case here. Any ideas are very welcome.

Seeing your mails about problems on openSuse rings a bell: AppArmor. Are
you sure it doesn't block syslog-ng on your system?

regards,

Sandor
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