Hi Rainer and David, Thanks a lot for your response! Very helpful!
Regards, Kevin On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 3:05 AM, Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]> wrote: > Sent from phone, thus brief. > Am 04.03.2016 20:02 schrieb "David Lang" <[email protected]>: > > > > On Fri, 4 Mar 2016, Kevin Lu wrote: > > > >> Hi folks, > >> > >> I'm having two questions. They are somehow related though. > >> > >> #1 restart rsyslogd without sudo access > >> I'm trying to setup a system, a docker image to be exactly. I managed to > >> start rsyslogd inside docker container without sudo by changing > permissions > >> of some relevant files, like pid and config files. However rsyslogd > still > >> couldn't get restarted once it's started, as rsyslogd will change some > >> files permissions back when it's trying to get restarted. Is there > anyway I > >> can restart rsyslogd without sudo access? > > > > > > configure rsyslog so that it is using the same user/permissions that you > change things to. remember that rsyslog will need the ability to create the > files you have it output to. > > > > > >> #2 use imfile wildcard support without sudo access > >> I need setup rsyslog to monitor some folders using wildcard as there > will > >> be new log files generated on the fly. My understanding is rsyslog would > >> actually need get restarted whenever new log files are found by the > monitor > >> before rsyslog can start fetch data from the new file(s). Is it right? > Is > >> it possible to make imfile wildcard monitor work without restarting > >> rsyslogd? > > > > > > my understanding is that if you have a wildcard name, rsyslog will > periodically look for new files, and this rechecking rate is configurable. > > Its inotify based, so we get events from the OS. No restart involved. We > never do any restart automatically. > > Rainer > > > > David Lang > > > > > >> Thanks a lot in advance for any input! > >> > >> Regards, > >> Kevin > >> _______________________________________________ > >> rsyslog mailing list > >> http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > >> http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > >> What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > >> NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > rsyslog mailing list > > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > > Sent from phone, thus brief. > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
