[syslog-ng] running syslog-ng as non root user

[Scheidler, Balázs]

Hi,

Probably the user doesnt have write permission to /dev so it cannot remove
the stale log socket, which causes the bind to fail.

You can create the log socket somewhere else (/var somewhere) and point a
symlink from dev.

Then you can give permissions to user to the directory where the log socket
resides.

Hth,
Bazsi
On Feb 13, 2016 9:50 PM, "Ryan Koss" <rkoss at 128technology.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I’m trying to run syslog-ng as a non-root user.  I’ve tried the following
> command as suggested by the site at the following URL
> https://www.balabit.com/wiki/syslog-ng-faq-non-root  Unfortunately I am
> still encountering permissions issues.
>
> ?-> /usr/sbin/syslog-ng --user user --persist-file
> /code/routeiqSyslog/i95/build/src/lib/util/test/syslog-ng.persist
> syslog-ng: Error setting capabilities, capability management disabled;
> error='Operation not permitted'
> Error binding socket; addr='AF_UNIX(/dev/log)', error='Address already in
> use (98)'
> Error initializing message pipeline;
> ?->
>
> Any ideas, thoughts help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> -ryan
>
>
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