Package: syslog-ng
Version: 1.6.5-2.2
Severity: wishlist
This report seems to have some relevance with #242531, but
it seems that the problem still remains.
In the present configuration of syslog-ng package, users must
make /dev/xconsole and put appropriate permission of it, if
/dev/xconsole is absent.
Usually, it seems that the preparation of /dev/xconsole is carried out
by the script /etc/init.d/sysklogd which is provided by sysklogd package.
This is the reason why upgrading from sysklogd, which is a base package,
to syslog-ng makes no trouble about /dev/xconsole. However, sometimes it
disappears accidentally (e.g. installation of udev package).
I think it's better to maintain /dev/xconsole by the syslog-ng package.
For example, to do so, you can use the following shell code, which is
used in /etc/init.d/sysklogd, in /etc/init.d/syslog-ng:
create_xconsole()
{
if [ ! -e /dev/xconsole ]; then
mknod -m 640 /dev/xconsole p
else
chmod 0640 /dev/xconsole
fi
chown root:adm /dev/xconsole
}
Concerning to the permissions, /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf might be
suitable place to specify (#242531 suggests it), instead of the code above.
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