Package: syslog-ng
Version: 2.0.9-4.1
Severity: grave
In order to launch syslog-ng in non root pid user, there is 2 possibilities:
First, option ---user=<user> and ---group=<group> on command line. This option
are ok but on Debian Lenny, it is not possible to use it due to the fact that
/etc/default/syslog-ng has no variable in order to support this feature.
(note 1)
Second, in configuration file, option owner and group
If setting this feature, it seems that parameters are parsed correctly, but
the process is not launched with this id.
Test 1:
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sudo /usr/sbin/syslog-ng --user u_syslog --group=grp_syslog
-> ps auxww |grep syslog-ng
u_syslog 22797 0.0 0.1 3048 1036 ? Ss 11:06 0:00 /usr/sbin/syslog-ng
--user u_syslog --group=grp_syslog
Behavior is correct except that not supported in standard configuration (look
at note 1)
Test 2:
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-> grep _syslog /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
dir_owner (u_syslog);
dir_group (grp_syslog);
owner (u_syslog);
group (grp_syslog);
-> sudo /etc/init.d/syslog-ng restart
Stopping system logging: syslog-ng.
Starting system logging: syslog-ng.
-> ps auxww |grep syslog-ng
root 23645 0.0 0.0 2904 720 ? Ss 11:10 0:00
/usr/sbin/syslog-ng -p /var/run/syslog-ng.pid
lacroix 23660 0.0 0.1 3404 776 pts/2 S+ 11:10 0:00 grep syslog-ng
as you can see, pid is launched with root access
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