[syslog-ng] syslog-ng 3.0.1 dies on reload with program() destination

[Bartosz Lis]

Hello,

I had the same problem as Jan Rekorajski with syslog-ng 3.0.1 and 2.0.10:

> Hi,
> Syslog-ng 3.0.1 dies on reload (kill -HUP pid) when config file contains
> log { destination { program() } }  directive set. 100% repeatable.
> 
> Here are the relevant config lines:
> 
> destination d_sshguard  { program("/usr/sbin/sshguard -a 6"); };
> # A desperate experiment
> #destination d_sshguard  { program("read"); };
> 
> log { source(s_sys); filter(f_authpriv);        destination(d_sshguard); };

pstree revealed that the command /usr/sbin/sshguard was run by a shell (in my 
case pdksh). To make the shell go out of my way I've put exec before 
/usr/sbin/sshguard . See my syslog-ng.conf :

destination d_sshguard { program("exec /usr/sbin/sshguard" template("$DATE 
$FULLHOST $MESSAGE\n")); }

Since I've changed this and restarted syslog-ng, it survives killing it with 
HUP, now. 

Furthermore, pstree revealed that killing syslog-ng with HUP makes it restart 
sshguard. Bazsi suggested that some pocess sends either SIGINT or SIGTERM to 
syslog-ng's process group. In my opinion it is the shell to do that. When 
syslog-ng reloads its configuration it destroys FIFO to sshguard. This action 
awakes the shell and triggers it to send some destructive signal to its 
process group.

Regards,

-- 
Bartosz Lis @ Institute of Comp. Science, Technical University of Lodz, Poland
   bartoszl @ ics.p.lodz.pl
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