[syslog-ng] syslog-ng gets started twice when system reboots

[Pal Tamas]

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 03:59:51PM +0000, Xuan Zhong wrote:
> Please see my response inline.
>  
> > From: bazsi at balabit.hu
> > To: syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu
> > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:30:34 +0100
> > Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] syslog-ng gets started twice when system reboots
> >
> > On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 04:03 +0000, Xuan Zhong wrote:
> > > I tried to turn on syslog-ng only at level 3. syslog-ng still
> > > got started twice when system rebooted.
> > >
> >
> > Are you using the binaries downloaded from our website? Are you sure it
> > starts twice, or it is just the output of the init script that is
> > generated twice?
>  
>  
> I use the stable version syslog-ng-3.0.5-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm downloaded from
> your website. It starts/stops twice only when the system reboots. The init
> script is only generated once. The second "Starting syslog-ng: [ok]" was
> generated by init script because I modified the init script text display and
> only the second start changed. Not sure where the first start comes from.
>  
> Starting syslog-ng: Starting syslog-ng: [ok]
> [ok]
> 
>  
> When the system shuts down, I saw the following:
> Stopping syslog-ng: Stopping syslog-ng: [ok]
> [ok]
> 
>  
> Similarly, only the second "Stopping syslog-ng:" comes from the syslog-ng
> service script.
>  
> 
> >
> > What happens if you enter after stopping syslog-ng:
> >
> > # /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start
> >
> > Is the output displayed twice by issuing this single command? If it is,
> > then it's the init script at fault. Although we're running automated
> > tests for the installer, we may not notice that something like this
> > happen.
> >
>  
> No. The service script /etc/init.d/syslog-ng works fine.
Could you please run the init script this way:
sh -x /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start
or
bash -x /etc/init.d/syslog-ng start

and send the output?

The simplest way will be to run the commands in  script(1) shell and
send it outputfile  (typescript by default).

Thanks,
-- 
Pal Tamas/Folti
folti at balabit.hu