[Support #GIL-635869]: Re: LDM configuration for Syslog-ng

Marcus,

> I'm changed the script HUPSYSLOG in order to work with syslog-ng on Open
> Suse 10.2.
> I finally have success. But one thing is bothering me. When I run the
> "ldmadmin stop", the LDM logs its messages on the "ldmd.conf". But when
> I do "ldmadmin start" the syslog-ng logs the start message into the
> "ldmd.log.1". The messages that come after that, seems to logging into
> the correct file (ldmd.log). My question is this: when the ldmadmin
> rename the logs, it create the ldmd.log after or before to restart the
> syslog daemon? To me looks that it does this after to create the file.
> 
> Any hint?

The command "ldmadmin start" renames the log files, creates an empty
new log file, and then sends a HUP signal to the syslog daemon --
in that order.

I suspect that the HUP signal that you're sending to the syslog-ng
process doesn't do anything and that the log messages are going
into the new file only after the syslog-ng process times-out on
the log file and reopens it.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: GIL-635869
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed