[syslog-ng] Permission Denied (13)

[Hidayath Basha]

Hi, we are using SLES 11

We are trying to read a tailing file and send it to the server



syslog-ng.conf (on client 192.168.18.10 some-host)
#syslog-ng.conf
options { long_hostnames(off); sync(1); perm(0640); stats(3600); };

source s_mysrc{
 file("/some/file.log"  );
};

destination d_mydest {
    tcp("192.168.18.7" port(5140));
};


log {
       source(s_mysrc);
      destination(d_mydest);
};
#syslog-ng.conf ends



syslog-ng.conf (on Server 192.168.18.7)
#syslog-ng.conf
options { long_hostnames(off); sync(0); perm(0640); stats(3600); };

source s_mysrc{
        tcp(ip("192.168.18.7") port(5140) keep-alive(yes));
};

destination d_mydest {
        file
("/var/log/hosts/$YEAR-$MONTH/$HOST/$FACILITY-$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY"
                owner(root) group(root) perm(0600) dir_perm(0700)
create_dirs(yes)
        );
};

log {
        source(s_mysrc);
        destination(d_mydest);
};
#syslog-ng.conf ends


When I start the service at client, I'm getting the following error
Starting syslog servicesError opening file for reading;
filename='/some/file.log', error='Permission denied (13)'
Error initializing source driver; source='s_mysrc'
startproc:  exit status of parent of /sbin/syslog-ng: 2

The file /some/file.log has -rw-rw-rw- permissions

When I modify the source driver to ...
file("/some/file.log" follow_freq(1));

I'm able to start the syslog service, but I don't see anything on the server
(192.162.18.7) at /var/log/hosts/2011-03/some-host/




Please help

Thanks and regards,
Hidayath

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