syslogd startup error

[terrywashington]

Syslogd will not run on my system. The following message is displayed during bootup.

syslogd
symlink to doorfile failed
:file exists

This sounds like a symbolic link is broken somewhere but I am not sure where to look. The syslogd startup script in /etc/rc2.d does not provide any clues. has anyne ever seen this before?

 

[terrywashington]

When I start syslogd manually via the startup script no errors are generated. It just doesn't start and no system entries are logged to /var/adm/messages.

 

[marrow]

There is syslog information written to /var/log/syslog* ,have a look here, also check the man pages for syslog.conf (/etc)

syslog appears to start via /etc/rc2.d/S74syslog and should look as follows: -

#!/bin/sh
#
# Copyright (c) 1991, by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
#
#ident "@(#)syslog 1.7 96/10/02 SMI"

case "$1" in
'start')
if [ -f /etc/syslog.conf -a -f /usr/sbin/syslogd ]; then
echo "syslog service starting."
if [ ! -f /var/adm/messages ]
then
cp /dev/null /var/adm/messages
fi
/usr/sbin/syslogd 1>/dev/console 2>&1
fi
;;
'stop')
[ ! -f /etc/syslog.pid ] && exit 0
syspid=`cat /etc/syslog.pid`
if [ "$syspid" -gt 0 ]; then
echo "Stopping the syslog service."
kill -15 $syspid 2>&1 | /usr/bin/grep -v "no such process"
fi
;;
esac
exit 0

 

[cfsalmeida]

Edit the /etc/init.d/syslog script to remove the file prior to starting syslogd door file is link in /etc:

.syslog_door -> ../var/run/syslog_door

Regards.

Carlos Almeida,

 

[terrywashington]

Thanks Carlos that was the info that I was looking for. I recreated the symbolic link between /etc/.syslog_door and /var/run/syslog_door and syslogd now runs on my system.

 

[soleblazer]

YOu could also use truss to see where the error occurs..

 

[news2me]

SoleBlazer,
You mentioned using truss to see where errors occurs, what exactly does the command truss do?

Thanks

 

[SeSe]

truss shows all the system calls so you can trace where syslogd fails...So:
truss <path>/syslogd

We had a similar problem with the one described by Carlos and using truss we were able to solve it within 2 minutes...
Regds,
SeSe