root-tail and /var/log permissions

[hftz]

Im trying to get root-tail working with fluxbox, however when I try to run it I get permission denied on /var/log/messages. Can someone tell me a good way to fix this?

[rfujimoto]

depending on your logging daemon you may be able to create a new log and set the permissions of the log to user readable.

I did this once with syslog-ng.

It generally consisted of something like this.

source src { unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal(); pipe("/proc/kmsg"); };
destination messagesusr { file("/var/log/messagesusr" owner(YOUR_USERNAME)); };

log { source(src); destination(messagesusr);

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Unfortunately my hdd died recently and I haven't gotten around to redoing my syslog-ng config. So it may spit out some syntax errors. More information, and the source I used when I set this up is at the main site.

Hope this helps in at least giving you a start.

[edit: I found a backup /]

[hftz]

thanks for the reply.

Upon restart of syslog-ng I get the error Parse error reading configuration file, exiting. (line 23)

On line 23 I have
destination messagesusr { file("/var/log/messagesusr" group("wheel") perm(0640)); );

anything that you can see wrong?

[rfujimoto]

[hftz]

ugh, I cant believe that I didnt see that. It works now, thanks alot.