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Old 03-08-2006, 06:25 PM   #1
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Syslog-ng installation problem


I recently installed centOS on an old box and used yum to install syslog-ng.

Install goes fine however when I try to run it I get this msg:

[root@linux proc]# service syslog-ng start
Starting syslog-ng: Error opening file /proc/kmsg for reading (Permission denied)
Error initializing configuration, exiting.
[FAILED]

I have been searching for a couple hours and can not figure it out. Anyone also experience this problem?
 
Old 03-08-2006, 07:03 PM   #2
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Hope this helps;
http://www.syslog.org/index.php?name...de=quote&p=758
 
Old 03-08-2006, 07:52 PM   #3
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...and it that doesn't help try this: having problems with syslog-ng on an SeLinux aware machine. The kernel will not allow me to open up /proc/kmsg for kernel messages..
 
Old 03-08-2006, 10:16 PM   #4
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Thanks! it worked!

Thanks unspawn, that worked perfectly... Ive been racking my brain!

anyone have a howto on setting syslog-ng to receive logs from firewalls to their own file?
 
  


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