[syslog-ng] Re-Starting syslog servicesio.c: bind_inet_socket() bind failed

[Zoltán Pallagi]

Hi,

Another application is listening on the udp 514 port, that's why 
syslog-ng cannot bind on it.
You should stop this application before starting syslog-ng.

typically, it is the rshd on the most platforms. You can check it with 
lsof (lsof -i udp:514) or netstat (for more details see my blog: 
http://pzolee.blogs.balabit.com/2010/03/troubleshooting-on-linux-best-practices.html)

abhay singh wrote:
> Hi All
> I am configuring syslog-ng confile to receive logs from different m/c 
> of network.
> I have added these in my syslog-ng.conf file
> source s_external {
>         udp(ip("xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx") port(514));
> };
> destination s_external { file("/mydir/syslogs/$HOST_syslog.log" \
>     owner(user) group(group) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700) create_dirs(yes));
> };
>  
> log { source(s_external); destination(s_external); };
>  
> Also made entry in iptable
> iptables -A INPUT -p udp -i eth1 -s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -d yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy 
> --dport 514 -j ACCEPT
>  
> When i restart syslog service it gives this error
>  /etc/init.d/syslog restart
> Shutting down syslog services                                         done
> Re-Starting syslog servicesio.c: bind_inet_socket() bind failed 
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:514 Cannot assign requested address
> Error initializing configuration, exiting.
> \\startproc <file://startproc/>:  exit status of parent of 
> /sbin/syslog-ng: 1        failed
>  
>  
> What is wrong in this?
> -- 
> Regards..
> Abhay Singh..
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