[syslog-ng] Error trying to restart service

[James McDonald]

We are using version 4.0.1a.  I am using 'service syslog-ng restart.'  Below
is the output I get from running that command:

[root at server-name ~]# service syslog-ng restart
WARNING: Configuration file format is too old, please update it to use the
4.1 format as some constructs might operate inefficiently;
WARNING: global: the default value of log_fifo_size() has changed to 10000
in syslog-ng 4.1 to reflect log_iw_size() changes for tcp()/udp() window
size changes;
Error resolving user; user='root'
Error resolving group; group='root'
Restarting syslog-ng: Stopping syslog-ng:                  [  OK  ]
Starting syslog-ng: WARNING: Configuration file format is too old, please
update it to use the 4.1 format as some constructs might operate
inefficiently;
WARNING: global: the default value of log_fifo_size() has changed to 10000
in syslog-ng 4.1 to reflect log_iw_size() changes for tcp()/udp() window
size changes;
                                                           [  OK  ]

-----Original Message-----
From: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu
[mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of Gergely Nagy
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 9:45 AM
To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Error trying to restart service

James McDonald <jmcdonald at LCE.com> writes:

> After the weekend I came in to run the checks on our logs and noticed 
> nothing new had been written over the weekend, or at least since 
> mid-night last night.  When I tried to restart the service, I got an 
> error saying that the "user; user=root" and "group; group=root" could 
> not be verified.  I am stuck in a meeting at the moment and was 
> wondering if anyone could offer any advice on how to quickly resolve this,
once I get back to my desk?

Which version of syslog-ng? How exactly did you try to restart it? Is
everything all right with the init script? Is the message coming from
syslog-ng, or the init script, or something else?

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