[syslog-ng] What is syslog-ng control socket?

[Martin Holste]

Make sure the directory /home/subodh/install/syslog-ng/install//var/
actually exists.  (The var directory is not created by default.)  Syslog-NG
will automatically create the .ctl file for you.


On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Subodh Nijsure
<subodh.nijsure at gmail.com>wrote:

> When I start syslog-ng  I always get following error in the log.
>
> Jun 17 10:34:22 Node1 syslog-ng[836]: syslog-ng starting up;
> version='3.0.2'
> Jun 17 10:34:22 Node1 syslog-ng[836]: Error opening control socket, bind()
> faile
> d; socket='/home/subodh/install/syslog-ng/install//var/syslog-ng.ctl',
> error='N
> o such file or directory (2)'
>
> What is the control socket in syslog-ng?  Should I be worried about
> this,what functionality do I loose 'cause syslog-ng is not able to
> create control socket?
>
> I am running version 3.0.2 on PowerPC 85xxx platform.
>
> Below is the output of syslog-ng -v
>
> syslog-ng 3.0.2
> Revision: ssh+git://bazsi@git.balabit
> //var/scm/git/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-ose--mainline--3.0#master#e1c8e7f086f5c5b73727cfef6d351614d87574ed
> Compile-Date: Jun 16 2009 16:54:10
> Enable-Threads: off
> Enable-Debug: off
> Enable-GProf: off
> Enable-Memtrace: off
> Enable-Sun-STREAMS: off
> Enable-Sun-Door: off
> Enable-IPv6: on
> Enable-Spoof-Source: off
> Enable-TCP-Wrapper: on
> Enable-SSL: off
> Enable-SQL: off
> Enable-Linux-Caps: on
> Enable-Pcre: on
>
> /Subodh Nijsure
>
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