Error opening file for writing (var/log/messages)

[igraf]

hello,
i have follow errors in /var/log warn& messages

syslog-ng[1427]: Error opening file for writing; filename='/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog', error='Permission denied (13)'

/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
file size: 0KB
permission: 640 (-rw-r-----)

plesk 9.3
linux os 11.1 64bit

can you help me?

 

[IgorG]

Check permissions, it should be:

# stat /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog
File: `/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog'
Size: 7250535 Blocks: 14192 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: 18h/24d Inode: 6703409 Links: 1
Access: (0640/-rw-r-----) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)

# stat /usr/local/psa/var/log/
File: `/usr/local/psa/var/log/'
Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory
Device: 18h/24d Inode: 6703403 Links: 2
Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 502/ psaadm) Gid: ( 502/ psaadm)

 

[igraf]

hi,
yes, i have the same permission as above

log folder: 755
file maillog: 640

There is still a source of error?

greets

 

[igraf]

Hi,
The permission rights are set correctly.
Has anyone an idea?

 

[RicardoV]

I have also this problem, help please

 

[Maarten]

Check the permissions, on our servers it is:

log folder : 755 user=root, group=root
file maillog: 640 user=root, group=adm

 

[RicardoV]

There is no user adm

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[igraf]

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[barbul]

Hello

I need a program that list the errors at initializing the UNIX operating sitem , precisely OpenSuse.
Can you help me?

 

[metalalisa]

my solution was next.
go to

/etc/syslog-ng

and rename syslog-ng.conf.rpmnew to syslog-ng.conf