[syslog-ng] Problems creating syslog-ng.persit- file

[Balazs Scheidler]

It should have reported the issue more explicitly though.

Did it offer any diagnosis when it failed?
On Mar 6, 2014 7:01 PM, "Tamayo, Andres" <Andres.Tamayo at viasat.com> wrote:

> That explains it, I was not aware that syslog-ng created a temporary file
> with the '-' suffix first.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandor Geller [mailto:Sandor.Geller at morganstanley.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 6:29 AM
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> Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Problems creating syslog-ng.persit- file
>
> syslog-ng first creates a tempfile having the '-' suffix then uses mmap().
> A quick googling showed that jffs2 doesn't support mmap()
>
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Tamayo, Andres <Andres.Tamayo at viasat.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am having problems starting up syslog-ng when I specify the location
> > and name for its persist file.  Here is the way I am trying to start it:
> >
> >
> >
> > syslog-ng --cfgfile=/etc/syslog-ng.conf
> > --pidfile=/mnt/config/syslog-ng.pid
> > --persist-file=/mnt/config/syslog-ng.persist
> >
> >
> >
> > When I use this command, syslog-ng starts and creates the
> > /mnt/config/syslog-ng.persist file but it adds a '-' (dash) character
> > to the end of the filename, like this: /mnt/config/syslog-ng.persist-
> >
> >
> >
> > Then it executes right to the point where it is about to parse the
> > configuration file (I can see this in the debug logs) and stops.  The
> > command return value is 2.  I have seen syslog-ng return 0 on success
> > and 1 on failure but I do not know what is the meaning of 2 as the
> return value.
> >
> >
> >
> > I tried the same filename but a different location (/tmp) and it worked.
> > The filename did not have the appended '-' and syslog-ng returned 0.
> > The location I am trying to use is a flash memory mount that has JFFS2
> > file system.  I wonder if this is part of the problem.
> >
> >
> >
> > I tried to change the name of the persist file to something different
> like:
> > --persist-file=/mnt/config/something.else and the behavior is the
> > same.  The file is created like this: /mnt/config/something.else- and
> > syslog-ng returns 2.
> >
> >
> >
> > Does anybody know why the '-' is appended to the filename or what is
> > the meaning of a 2 return value?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you for your help.
> >
> >
> >
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