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[LDM #BRX-484783]: Error with syslogd and logging daemon

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  • Subject: [LDM #BRX-484783]: Error with syslogd and logging daemon
  • Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:59:06 -0600
Vivian,

> Full Name: Vivian LeFebvre
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: GSD
> Package Version: ldm-6.10.1
> Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise  6.3 (Santiago)
> Hardware: Linux  2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64
> Description of problem: Below I list the error, I think I am close but the 
> rsyslog.conf file does have the recommendations that are suggest on the site, 
> but it still fails.  SELINUX is disabled and was rebooted to verify the atate.
> Thanks, --Vivian
> 
> >/usr/local/ldm/bin/ldmadmin start -v
> The product-queue is OK.
> Checking pqact(1) configuration-file(s)...
> usr/local/ldm/etc/pqact.conf: syntactically correct
> 
> hupsyslog: couldn't open /var/run/syslogd.pid
> new_log(): Couldn't notify system logging daemon
> start_ldm(): Couldn't rotate log files

It looks like the hupsyslog(1) utility couldn't communicate with the system 
logging daemon.

Would you please send me the output from the following commands, executed by 
the LDM user in their home directory:

    ls -l /var/run/syslogd.pid
    ls -l bin/hupsyslog

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: BRX-484783
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed