To do something else, I stopped rsyslog for a few minutes.  When I restarted
it, it was ok.  Murphy's law... I don't know!  :(


On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:19 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> my guess is that it's a permission problem. nothing in rsyslog would
> prevent this.
>
> David Lang
>
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010, Bernard Fay wrote:
>
>  Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:39:40 -0400
>> From: Bernard Fay <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: rsyslog-users <[email protected]>
>> To: rsyslog-users <[email protected]>
>> Subject: [rsyslog] Unable to log somewhere else than /var/log/
>>
>>
>> I tried to setup the following in /etc/rsyslog.conf:
>>
>> local5.* /var/log/httpd/test_logger
>>
>> To help debug I also have this:
>> *.* /var/log/all.log;RSYSLOG_DebugFormat
>>
>> When I restart rsyslog, I can see this in my debug log:
>>
>> Debug line with all properties:
>> FROMHOST: 'QLPRX51P', fromhost-ip: '127.0.0.1', HOSTNAME: 'QLPRX51P', PRI:
>> 43,
>> syslogtag 'rsyslogd:', programname: 'rsyslogd', APP-NAME: 'rsyslogd',
>> PROCID: '-', MSGID: '-',
>> TIMESTAMP: 'Sep 20 11:21:26', STRUCTURED-DATA: '-',
>> msg: '/var/log/httpd/test_logger'
>> escaped msg: '/var/log/httpd/test_logger'
>> rawmsg: '/var/log/httpd/test_logger'
>>
>>
>> I tried to log something in '/var/log/httpd/test_logger'  with
>> logger -p local5.debug -- test to log in httpd/test_logger
>>
>> but the content appear in /var/log/messages not
>> in '/var/log/httpd/test_logger'.
>>
>> If I try to write in a directory other than /var/log/ it does not work.
>>
>> Someone has a clue on this?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Bernard
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