Re: syslog-ng failed, cannot open a connection to UNIX[/dev/log]

[Martin Pala]

Hello,

is the syslog-ng still configured to listen on /dev/log? If so, there should be 
something like unix-stream("/dev/log") in syslog-ng configuration.

Can you provide output of "ls -l /dev/log"?

Regards,
Martin


On May 27, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Aleksandrov Artyom wrote:

> Hello, I`ve update one of servers from lenny to squeeze yesterday and
> after that catching  problem with monitoring syslog-ng.
> 
> I get this error:  "syslog-ng failed, cannot open a connection to
> UNIX[/dev/log]"
> 
> my monitrc:
> 
> check process syslog-ng pidfile /var/run/syslog-ng.pid
>        start program = "/etc/init.d/syslog-ng start"
>        stop program = "/etc/init.d/syslog-ng stop"
>        if failed UNIXSOCKET /dev/log then restart
>        if 3 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout
> 
> Package: syslog-ng
> State: installed
> Automatically installed: no
> Version: 3.1.3-3
> 
> I tested this on pkg from debian rep and with last version from site (5.2.5).
> 
> Package: monit
> State: installed
> Automatically installed: no
> Version: 1:5.1.1-1
> 
> On another server lenny with syslog-ng 2.1.3 all ok.
> 
> Thank you for advices.
> 
> Best regards, Artyom.
> С уважением, Артём.
> 
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