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Old 16th June 2008
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Default good old syslog-ng issue

hi folks!

my /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf has the folowing directive under the source section:

Code:
file("/dev/klog")
after making syslog-ng start

i get the following:

Code:
# syslog-ng start
Changing permissions on special file /dev/klog
Error opening file /dev/klog for reading (Device busy)
Error initializing configuration, exiting.
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but with this directive commented it starts ok.

i googled just to find out that this is the common issue, but have found no sollution so far.

any ideas?
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Have you checked out this quick article? It mentions doing-

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source local { internal(); pipe("/dev/klog" log_prefix("kernel: ")); unix-dgram("/dev/log"); };
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Nice to see the OP has no response ... ... guess that's the way it goes sometimes.
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According to his profile:
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So he didn't even see your response ... Maybe he got the answer at another forum or something ... I often see people post the same question at several different places.
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easy now, guys.

i was quite bussy with my work and had no time to check my home OpenBSD box. i really appreciate your help, ai-danno!

now to the issue. i edited my syslog-ng config and now it includes the following:

Code:
source log_everything {

    internal();
    pipe("/dev/klog" log_prefix("kernel: "));
    unix-dgram("/dev/log");
    tcp(
        port(1468)
        max-connections(2)
        );

    };
still, the error is in place...
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issue resolved. it was native syslogd process that was "holding" /dev/klog. now when i killed native syslogd - syslog-ng starts OK. i will now edit /etc/rc and /etc/rc.conf to prevent the native syslogd daemon from starting.

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well... that's what we got after reboot:

Code:
#
# ps -ax | grep syslog
30793 ??  Is      0:00.03 /usr/local/sbin/syslog-ng -p /var/run/syslog-ng.pid
#
# netstat -anp tcp
Active Internet connections (including servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address        (state)
..
skip
..
tcp        0      0  *.1468                 *.*                    LISTEN
#
that to indicate that no syslogd instances are running, syslog-ng is running and listening on port 1468 (as stated in configuration file). that seems pretty cool, but the thing is when i try to restart syslog-ng (due to configuration file changes, for example), i get the following:

Code:
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# syslog-ng restart
Changing permissions on special file /dev/klog
Error opening file /dev/klog for reading (Device busy)
Error initializing configuration, exiting.
#
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