Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: syslog-ng
System: Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick
Package syslog-ng Version: 3.1.2-1
After installing syslog-ng (sudo apt-get install syslog-ng), the file
/var/log/error filled up with the following errors:
Jan 11 10:49:33 pgfs syslog-ng[3363]: Error opening file for writing;
filename='/var/log/syslog', error='Permission denied (13)'
Jan 11 10:49:33 pgfs syslog-ng[3363]: Error opening file for writing;
filename='/var/log/messages', error='Permission denied (13)'
Jan 11 10:49:44 pgfs syslog-ng[3363]: Error opening file for writing;
filename='/var/log/auth.log', error='Permission denied (13)'
Jan 11 10:49:44 pgfs syslog-ng[3363]: Error opening file for writing;
filename='/var/log/auth.log', error='Permission denied (13)'
Jan 11 10:49:44 pgfs syslog-ng[3363]: Error opening file for writing;
filename='/var/log/syslog', error='Permission denied (13)'
Jan 11 10:49:44 pgfs syslog-ng[3363]: Error opening file for writing;
filename='/var/log/syslog', error='Permission denied (13)'
The reason is that syslogd ran as user: syslog group: adm, but syslog-ng
runs as user: root group:adm.
There are two solutions I can suggest:
(1) Change the option owner("root") to owner("syslog") in the file /etc
/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf distributed as part of the package.
(2) Have the installation procedure execute "chown root.adm" for all
logs listed as destinations in syslog-ng.conf.
There is one thing I'm confused about: Since syslog-ng runs as "root"
instead of "sysadm," why is it getting "Permission denied" errors? I
thought root shouldn't get those errors.
** Affects: syslog-ng (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Installation of syslog-ng results in Permission denied (13) errors
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