Is $HUPisRestart set to "on"? Rainer
> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Biebl [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:19 AM > To: [email protected]; Rainer Gerhards > Cc: Brian Groose > Subject: Re: Bug#550391: /dev/log sometimes disappears upon > "rsyslog reload" > > Brian Groose wrote: > > Package: rsyslog > > Version: 3.18.6-4 > > Severity: important > > > > Sometimes we see /dev/log disappear for a while when > "rsyslog reload" is invoked, typically by logrotate. > > I've narrowed down steps to reproduce this bug: > > > > 1. Start with a standard lenny install with default syslog settings > > 2. Modify /etc/rsyslog.conf and uncomment out the following > lines to enable TCP logging: > > #$ModLoad imtcp > > #$InputTCPServerRun 514 > > 3. Restart or reload rsyslog so the TCP setting is in effect. > > 4. Put some logging load on rsyslog. This works nicely: > > while [ 1 ] ; do logger "Test" ; done > > 5. Call "/etc/init.d/rsyslog reload" in a loop with a short > sleep in between. Watch > > for /dev/log not appearing very shortly after the reload. > > > > > > In my testing, I reloaded 1000 times with a 0.1s sleep in > between, and 10 of the > > reloads resulted in /dev/log going away. /dev/log came > back after exactly one > > minute in every one of those 10 times (I was no longer > calling reload while > > waiting for /dev/log to reappear), but during that one > minute nothing can write > > log messages because /dev/log is gone. > > > > Rsyslog appeared to still be listening on port 514, though > since this test does > > not used TCP logging, I could not verify if logging to port > 514 actually worked. > > > > I did not have any issues if TCP logging was disabled or if > there was nothing being > > actively logged. > > Hi Rainer, > > could you take a look at that. > Shouldn't a simple reload keep /dev/log available? > Or is rsyslog doing a full restart on "reload" due to > listening on tcp port 514? > > Cheers, > Michael > > -- > Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the > universe are pointed away from Earth? > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
