Sorry, I forgot to mention, I already tried that. The result is 'rsyslog' failed, cannot open a connection to UNIX[/dev/log]
Regards, mad Am 18.07.2011 09:38, schrieb Martin Pala: > Hi, > > the /dev/log is unix socket ... you can check it along with the process > itself, for example: > > check process rsyslog with pidfile /var/run/rsyslog.pid > start program = "/etc/init.d/rsyslog start" > stop program = "/etc/init.d/rsyslog stop" > if failed unixsocket /dev/log then restart > > (verify the paths to pidfile and init script are correct) > > Regards, > Martin > > > > On Jul 18, 2011, at 8:47 AM, mad wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I would like to monitor the file '/dev/log' which is created by rsyslog. >> I only want to know if it exists and if it does not exist, rsyslog >> should be restarted. >> >> So far I have no luck with that, because /dev/log is no ordinary file. >> It may not help that I have only monit version 5.0.3. >> >> Thanks in advance for any help, >> mad >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe: >> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monit-general > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monit-general -- To unsubscribe: https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monit-general
