[syslog-ng] [Bug 108] 2.6.38+ will require CAP_SYSLOG (CAP_SYS_ADMIN not enough)

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https://bugzilla.balabit.com/show_bug.cgi?id=108





--- Comment #18 from Matt Weatherford <mbw at u.washington.edu>  2011-06-11 22:21:42 ---
My syslog-ng.conf file works perfectly on another Debian Squeeze system that is 32-bit
and uses the standard linux kernel shipped with Squeeze.

This system has a compiled 2.6.38-5 kernel.

This is the error and backtrace I see in the dmesg:
[2744459.505379] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[2744459.505391] WARNING: at kernel/printk.c:288 do_syslog+0x71/0x38c()
[2744459.505393] Hardware name: IBM System x -[7870AC1]-
[2744459.505394] Attempt to access syslog with CAP_SYS_ADMIN but no CAP_SYSLOG (deprecated).
[2744459.505396] Modules linked in: ufs qnx4 hfsplus hfs minix ntfs vfat msdos fat jfs xfs exportfs reiserfs ext2 dm_mod joydev usbhid hid nfs lockd nfs_acl
auth_rpcgss sunrpc ipv6 autofs4 ipmi_si ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler loop snd_pcm snd_timer snd i2c_i801 i2c_core evdev shpchp pci_hotplug soundcore
snd_page_alloc processor button cdc_ether usbnet mii thermal_sys pcspkr tpm_tis tpm tpm_bios serio_raw sd_mod uhci_hcd mptsas mptscsih mptbase ehci_hcd bnx2
scsi_transport_sas scsi_mod usbcore be2net [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
[2744459.505432] Pid: 7947, comm: syslog-ng Not tainted 2.6.38.5 #3
[2744459.505433] Call Trace:
[2744459.505438]  [<c10310c4>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x6a/0x7b
[2744459.505440]  [<c1031f73>] ? do_syslog+0x71/0x38c
[2744459.505443]  [<c103113b>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt+0x28/0x2c
[2744459.505446]  [<c1031f73>] ? do_syslog+0x71/0x38c
[2744459.505453]  [<c10f2f85>] ? kmsg_open+0x10/0x12
[2744459.505455]  [<c10ebc33>] ? proc_reg_open+0x82/0xeb
[2744459.505458]  [<c10f2f64>] ? kmsg_release+0x0/0x11
[2744459.505463]  [<c10b5726>] ? __dentry_open+0x136/0x211
[2744459.505465]  [<c10b589b>] ? nameidata_to_filp+0x3a/0x45
[2744459.505467]  [<c10ebbb1>] ? proc_reg_open+0x0/0xeb
[2744459.505471]  [<c10bf296>] ? finish_open+0x72/0xff
[2744459.505474]  [<c10c0dea>] ? do_filp_open+0x16c/0x54b
[2744459.505477]  [<c10b9a10>] ? cp_new_stat64+0xee/0x100
[2744459.505480]  [<c10c87ee>] ? alloc_fd+0x4f/0xb1
[2744459.505483]  [<c10b5515>] ? do_sys_open+0x41/0xbd
[2744459.505485]  [<c10b55d5>] ? sys_open+0x1e/0x23
[2744459.505491]  [<c12b5cd1>] ? syscall_call+0x7/0xb
[2744459.505493] ---[ end trace ac2802b879950ea6 ]---


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