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Does anyone have an init.d script for rsyslog for CentOS4? I have installed the latest version of rsyslog and have been trying to use one of the init.d files for Debian but I keep getting the following when I try to run /etc/init.d/rsyslogd start

/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 4: ModLoad: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 5: imudp: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 6: imtcp: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 7: imuxsock: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 8: imklog: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 12: *.info: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 12: mail.none: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 12: authpriv.none: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 12: cron.none: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 15: authpriv.*: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 18: mail.rc: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 22: cron.d: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 28: uucp,news.crit: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 33: *.emerg: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 34: *.alert: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 35: *.crit: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 36: local7.debug: command not found
/etc/init.d/rsyslog: line 85: log_daemon_msg: command not found
/etc/init.d/rsyslog: line 50: start-stop-daemon: command not found
/etc/init.d/rsyslog: line 92: log_end_msg: command not found

• Custom written rsyslog.conf?
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Post your configuration file once.

Regards,
Prakash.

doug.hairfield wrote:Does anyone have an init.d script for rsyslog for CentOS4? I have installed the latest version of rsyslog and have been trying to use one of the init.d files for Debian but I keep getting the following when I try to run /etc/init.d/rsyslogd start

/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 4: ModLoad: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 5: imudp: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 6: imtcp: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 7: imuxsock: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 8: imklog: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 12: *.info: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 12: mail.none: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 12: authpriv.none: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 12: cron.none: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 15: authpriv.*: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 18: mail.rc: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 22: cron.d: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 28: uucp,news.crit: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 33: *.emerg: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 34: *.alert: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 35: *.crit: command not found
/etc/rsyslog.conf: line 36: local7.debug: command not found
/etc/init.d/rsyslog: line 85: log_daemon_msg: command not found
/etc/init.d/rsyslog: line 50: start-stop-daemon: command not found
/etc/init.d/rsyslog: line 92: log_end_msg: command not found

This looks like you try to execute the config file itself... Can you post the exact steps (plus, as already said, the full config) of what you are doing?

Rainer

I believe Rainer's correct. It appears that your init script is for some reason attempting to run the configuration file inline with the script. Here's my init script, which is pretty basic and is used on a couple hundred of our CentOS 4 servers. Hope this helps.

Dan

yes, if I correct the path search for the config, line 28, file to just /etc/rsyslog.conf it tries to run instead of read my config file. I just modified the SYSLOGD_OPTIONS line to use my config file in /etc.

Oddly enough though, I get the following error now when I try to run the init script:
Starting system logger (rsyslog): execvp: No such file or directory

the only other change I have made to the file you posted was
start() {
[ -x /usr/local/sbin/rsyslogd ] || exit 5
since my binary is not in /usr/sbin

So I figured it out. on line 37, the daemon rsyslog $SYSLOGD_OPTIONS is assuming that rsyslogd is in my path in /usr/local/sbin, which it is not. I just put the full path for rsyslogd in and it worked.

Thanks for the help.