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Between 4.1.7 and 4.2.0, rsyslogd's behavior has changed:

4.1.7 - ssh to host. /etc/init.d/rsyslog restart or stop/start. Ctl-D or exit. Back to desktop session.
4.2.0 - ssh to host. /etc/init.d/rsyslog restart or stop/start. Ctl-D or exit. SSH terminal session hangs.

This usually happens when stderr is left open. Is this desired behavior for the daemon? It is causing issues with some of my configuration tools.

• Custom written rsyslog.conf?
• Maintenance Contract?
• Installation support?

It is desired behavor with undesired side-effects. I knew I should have put this through the beta phase first (it always hits me if I try to shortcut changes...).

Please see this (external) bug tracker:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=136141

I will now see that I change it so that stderr is closed after the initial initialization. Sorry for the hassle, this case once more reminds me that *all* changes except *real* bug fixes belong into the master branch only. I'll see if there is an easy fix, else I remove that functionality from 4.2.0 and introduce it to 4.5.0 again.

Rainer

I have crafted a patch:

http://git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git;a ... e363cb702f

I would appreciate if you could try it and report back.

Fantastic. Thanks for the patch!