I'm using RHEL 5 and when attempting to start syslog-ng (version 2.0.10) it gives me this error:
Restarting syslog-ng: Error opening configuration file; filename='/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf', error='Permission denied (13)'
Then if I check the status, it says it's running.
Here's my /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf file:
# $Id: client-syslog-ng.conf,v 1.4 2005/10/23 18:36:10 jmates Exp $
#
# syslog-ng client configuration: some local logs, in addition to TCP
# logging to central loghost. Listens only on localhost interface;
# requires "logs" user and group on system.
#
# Local logs are stored under /var/log/archive in a syslog-ng specific
# format that includes facility, priority, and a timestamp that includes
# the year.
options {
log_fifo_size(4096);
group(logs);
dir_group(logs);
create_dirs(yes);
dir_perm(0750);
perm(0640);
use_time_recvd(no);
use_fqdn(yes);
chain_hostnames(no);
keep_hostname(yes);
stats(3600);
};
source local {
unix-stream("/dev/log" max_connections(150));
udp(ip(127.0.0.1) port(514));
internal();
};
# all logs to loghost via TCP
filter notdebug { level(info...emerg); };
destination loghost { tcp("10.100.50.31" port(514)); };
log { source(local); destination(loghost); };
# emergency to more locations by default
filter emergency { level(emerg); };
destination allusers { usertty("*"); };
log { source(local); filter(emergency); destination(allusers); };
destination d_cons { file("/dev/console"); };
log { source(local); filter(emergency); destination(d_cons); };
# alternate locations for other logs to avoid need to logrotate and HUP
destination d_mesg {
file( "/var/log/archive/messages/$R_YEAR/$R_MONTH/$R_YEAR-$R_MONTH-$R_DAY"
template("$ISODATE <$FACILITY.$PRIORITY> $HOST $MSG\n")
template_escape(no)
);
};
destination d_mail {
file( "/var/log/archive/mail/$R_YEAR/$R_MONTH/$R_YEAR-$R_MONTH-$R_DAY"
template("$ISODATE <$FACILITY.$PRIORITY> $HOST $MSG\n")
template_escape(no)
);
};
#filter f_e {
#not(facility(cron) and priority(info));
#};
filter f_filter1 { level(info...emerg) and not facility(mail); };
filter f_filter2 { facility(mail); };
log { source(local); filter(f_filter1); destination(d_mesg); };
log { source(local); filter(f_filter2); destination(d_mail); };
The permissions are -rw-r--r-- 1 root 1962 Jun 1 21:42 syslog-ng.conf
