>From looking at the sysklogd package in Ubuntu Hardy (1.5-1ubuntu1), this
>appears to be fixed:
/etc/cron.daily/sysklogd saves the logs and then calls "/etc/init.d/sysklogd
reload-or-restart".
In Dapper (sysklogd 1.4.1-17ubuntu7) (and Edgy) "reload-or-restart" is
implemented as:
restart|force-reload|reload-or-restart|reload)
log_begin_msg "Restarting system log..."
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile
sleep 1
start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $binpath -- $SYSLOGD
log_end_msg $?
;;
But already in Feisty it is:
reload-or-restart)
if running
then
$0 reload
else
$0 start
fi
;;
There appear to be quite a lot of other fixes/improvements in the
current version's init script, so I think a SRU for Dapper makes a lot
of sense, given the impact.
Please note, that the linked Debian bug (#279120) is only slightly related,
because it talks about SIGHUP for reloading already and that also does not
appear to be the problem of Mike.
It appears however be the problem this bug was all about, also the comment from
Kai (on Dapper).
Mike, the rotation in sysklogd works as follows: save the logs and after that
send "kill -HUP". This applies to the logfiles given by "syslogd-listfiles
--weekly" for the weekly syslog cron job and "syslogd-listfiles" for the daily
one.
I don't know if a SIGHUP can get lost, at least the logs have been rotated
before. (syslogd will write to the .0 (uncompressed file) until it creates the
new one.)
Please look at the last line of /var/log/syslog and syslog.0 in case of syslogd
restart failure.
Please also check, if "logrotate" or something similar is interfering.
I hope I did not cause additional confusion and I think other issues
separate from this problem should get attacked in a new bug to stay
focused.
** Changed in: sysklogd (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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syslog does not restart after rotating logfile
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