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zwa

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Registered: 2005-12-05

Posts: 105

[Solved][OpenRC] syslog-ng-nosystemd error

Hi, I am posting this in a separate post so the main openrc thread does not get bloated.
So I am using packages from
[openrc-eudev]
SigLevel=PackageOptional
Server=http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/archopenrc/$repo/$arch

I have these syslog packages installed
openrc-eudev/syslog-ng-nosystemd
openrc-eudev/syslog-ng-openrc

when issuing the "sudo rc-service syslog-ng start" command, I get:

* Caching service dependencies ...                                                                                                                             [ ok ]
* Checking your configfile (/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf) ...
[2015-10-01T15:50:21.648841] Error opening plugin module; module='afsocket-notls', error='libwrap.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'
[2015-10-01T15:50:21.649030] Error opening plugin module; module='json-plugin', error='libjson-c.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'
[2015-10-01T15:50:21.650971] Error opening plugin module; module='afsocket', error='libwrap.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'
[2015-10-01T15:50:21.652767] Error opening plugin module; module='afsocket-tls', error='libwrap.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'
[2015-10-01T15:50:21.652837] Error opening plugin module; module='tfgeoip', error='libGeoIP.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'
Error parsing source, source plugin unix-dgram not found in source confgen system at line 4, column 14:
                                              included from /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf line 22, column 10

    source { unix-dgram
             ^^^^^^^^^^

syslog-ng documentation: http://www.balabit.com/support/document … =syslog-ng
mailing list: https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng
* Configuration error. Please fix your configfile (/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf)                                                                              [ !! ]
* ERROR: syslog-ng failed to start

however there is no   "source { unix-dgram" text in the config file.

my syslog-ng.conf:
http://pastebin.com/mz65BS5x

Last edited by zwa (2016-03-23 14:40:53)

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,920

Re: [Solved][OpenRC] syslog-ng-nosystemd error

that looks like the default archlinux syslog-ng.conf indeed.

source src {
  system();
  internal();
};

the system() tells syslog-ng to try and determine the system it's running on, but sometimes fails.
When using openrc as init, syslog-ng does indeed need dgram, so that detection has improved.

I can verify that stock syslog-ng does include the unix-dgram plugin AND runs on my system that boots with openrc (apg) , but has systemd installed .

This is in my syslog-ng.conf file :

source src {
  unix-dgram("/dev/log");
  internal();
  file("/proc/kmsg");
};

If you use that and it still fails, i'd say you have found  a bug in eudev/syslog-ng-nosystemd package.
You could try to build syslog-ng-nosystemd from AUR to verify if the problem is with the eudev repo OR in the package.

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2015-10-01 23:08:10)

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zwa

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Registered: 2005-12-05

Posts: 105

Re: [Solved][OpenRC] syslog-ng-nosystemd error

I installed syslog-ng from extra and it started successully and I can confirm it's running. I modified syslog-ng.conf according to your file. I do not have systemd. There are numerous log files in /var/log, does this mean syslog is running fine? Should I make any other modification?
If syslog-ng is working as intended then maybe syslog-ng-nosystemd package is redundant.
Thanks for the input.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,920

Re: [Solved][OpenRC] syslog-ng-nosystemd error

check /var/log/syslog.log , it should show any errors encountered when starting syslog-ng .

Other configuration is optional, but not needed.

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toxygen

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Registered: 2008-08-22

Posts: 713

Re: [Solved][OpenRC] syslog-ng-nosystemd error

on the /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf file, on the header, do you have

 @version: 3.6
 @include "scl.conf"

i had that error previously and i believe adding the @include solved it.  you can search the forums or the web for that error:

Error opening plugin module; module='afsocket-notls', error='libwrap.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory'

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zwa

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Registered: 2005-12-05

Posts: 105

Re: [Solved][OpenRC] syslog-ng-nosystemd error

For some reason I had to deal with this again. The solution was to install tcp_wrappers. Just for you to know.

captain118

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Registered: 2016-04-07

Posts: 1

Re: [Solved][OpenRC] syslog-ng-nosystemd error

How did you install tcp_wrappers?  They are no longer in the repos.

nous

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Registered: 2006-08-18

Posts: 323

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Re: [Solved][OpenRC] syslog-ng-nosystemd error

How did you install tcp_wrappers?  They are no longer in the repos.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tcp_wrappers/

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