UDP 514 port open for remote logging on syslogd . HELP!

[horim80]

Hi,

I want to remote logging on readynas.

So I did below,

ReadyNAS-PRO:/# vim /etc/init.d/sysklogd

# then I've added below line for receive log from remote device.

SYSLOGD="-r -m 0"

then I restart the syslogd

ReadyNAS-PRO:/# /etc/init.d/sysklogd restart
Restarting system log daemon: syslogd.

and check the udp 514 port open

ReadyNAS-PRO:/# netstat -an | grep :514
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:514             0.0.0.0:*

finally it work well and receive log from remote device successfully.

BUT, when I reboot the NAS, upd 514 port blocked again....
netstat -an | grep :514 --> nothing..

For work properly, I have to restart the syslogd manually...

How can I open the udp 514 port consistently?

[CharlesLaCour]

If you added the "SYSLOGD="-r -m 0" before the line "test ! -r /etc/default/syslogd || . /etc/default/syslogd" the SYSLOGD far able was redefined.

You should edit the file "/etc/default/syslogd" and modify the definition of SYSLOGD in there.

[horim80]

CharlesLaCour wrote:
If you added the "SYSLOGD="-r -m 0" before the line "test ! -r /etc/default/syslogd || . /etc/default/syslogd" the SYSLOGD far able was redefined. You should edit the file "/etc/default/syslogd" and modify the definition of SYSLOGD in there.

I also added "SYSLOGD="-r -m 0" to "/etc/default/syslogd" as you said but it doesn't work either.. 😞


/etc/init.d/sysklogd

#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/sysklogd: start the system log daemon.

SYSLOGD="-r -m 0"

PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin

pidfile=/var/run/syslogd.pid
binpath=/sbin/syslogd

test -x $binpath || exit 0

test ! -r /etc/default/syslogd || . /etc/default/syslogd

create_xconsole()
{
    if [ ! -e /dev/xconsole ]; then
	mknod -m 640 /dev/xconsole p
    else
	chmod 0640 /dev/xconsole
    fi
    chown root:adm /dev/xconsole
}

running()
{
    # No pidfile, probably no daemon present
    #
    if [ ! -f $pidfile ]
    then
	return 1
    fi

    pid=`cat $pidfile`

    # No pid, probably no daemon present
    #
    if [ -z "$pid" ]
    then
	return 1
    fi

    if [ ! -d /proc/$pid ]
    then
	return 1
    fi

    cmd=`cat /proc/$pid/cmdline | tr "\000" "\n"|head -n 1`

    # No syslogd?
    #
    if [ "$cmd" != "$binpath" ]
    then
	return 1
    fi

    return 0
}

case "$1" in
  start)
    echo -n "Starting system log daemon: syslogd"
    create_xconsole
    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $binpath -- $SYSLOGD
    echo "."
    ;;
  stop)
    echo -n "Stopping system log daemon: syslogd"
    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile
    echo "."
    ;;
  reload|force-reload)
    echo -n "Reloading system log daemon: syslogd"
    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --signal 1 --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile
    echo "."
    ;;
  restart)
    echo -n "Restarting system log daemon: syslogd"
    start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile
    sleep 1
    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $binpath -- $SYSLOGD
    echo "."
    ;;
  reload-or-restart)
    if running
    then
	echo -n "Reloading system log daemon: syslogd"
	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --signal 1 --exec $binpath --pidfile $pidfile
    else
	echo -n "Restarting system log daemon: syslogd"
	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec $binpath -- $SYSLOGD
    fi
    echo "."
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/sysklogd {start|stop|reload|restart|force-reload|reload-or-restart}"
    exit 1
esac

exit 0

/etc/default/syslogd

#
# Top configuration file for syslogd
#

#
# Full documentation of possible arguments are found in the manpage
# syslogd(8).
#

#
# For remote UDP logging use SYSLOGD="-r"
#
SYSLOGD="-r -m 0"

Any advice?

[CharlesLaCour]

All I did was edit my "/etc/default/syslogd" file like this:

#
# Top configuration file for syslogd
#

#
# Full documentation of possible arguments are found in the manpage
# syslogd(8).
#

#
# For remote UDP logging use SYSLOGD="-r"
#
SYSLOGD="-r"

Ran the command:

/etc/init.d/sysklogd restart

Looking at the processes bound to ports I see:

mynas:~# lsof -i -nP | grep ':514'
syslogd   24688   root   18u  IPv4 872288       UDP *:514 

What do you get when you run the command:

/etc/init.d/sysklogd restart

[horim80]

I have question to you.
udp 514 port still open after reboot the NAS?

I configured the NAS completely same as you.
I restart the syslogd then udp 514 port opened. yes it works at this time.
but it stop work after I reboot the NAS. udp 514 is not opened.
This is problem..

[burokio]

Have you ever found a solution to this problem? I am having exactly the same issue, remote logging does not work after reboot. If i look at the list of processes after reboot I see that syslogd was started without the -r switch. After I manually restart it (sysklogd restart) - it starts with -r switch and remote loging works as expected. I've made exactly the same changes to /etc/init.d/sysklogd as shown in the first post.

[horim80]

burokio wrote:

Have you ever found a solution to this problem? I am having exactly the same issue, remote logging does not work after reboot. If i look at the list of processes after reboot I see that syslogd was started without the -r switch. After I manually restart it (sysklogd restart) - it starts with -r switch and remote loging works as expected. I've made exactly the same changes to /etc/init.d/sysklogd as shown in the first post.

I have resolved this problem~!

1. edit /etc/default/syslogd

SYSLOGD="-r -m0"

2. add some line to /etc/syslog.conf

local7.debug                    -/var/log/gs108t.log

3. create a script at /etc/init.d/ like a below.

#! /bin/sh

/etc/init.d/sysklogd restart

exit 0

4. update script to rc.

update-rc.d script-name defaults

that's it.

UDP 514 still opened after reboot!

[CharlesLaCour]

The /etc/inittab defined the default init level as 2 and looking into /etc/rc2.d there are 2 scripts called /etc/init.d/readynas_startup and /etc/rc2.d/S02ToggleSwitchProCPUFan.

Looking at the file "/etc/init.d/readynas_startup" around line 375 you have:

# RC2
echo -n "Starting system log daemon: syslogd" >$OUT
mknod -m 640 /dev/xconsole p
sync
/sbin/syslogd -m 0 || (echo "...retrying"; sleep 1; /sbin/syslogd -m 0)
echo "." >$OUT

The syslogd is not started using the standard /etc/init.d/sysklogd script it calls the daemon directly.

I made the following changes to "/etc/init.d/readynas_startup":

# RC2
echo -n "Starting system log daemon: syslogd" >$OUT
mknod -m 640 /dev/xconsole p
sync
. /etc/default/syslogd
/sbin/syslogd ${SYSLOGD}-m 0 || (echo "...retrying"; sleep 1; /sbin/syslogd ${SYSLOGD} -m 0) 
echo "." >$OUT

[horim80]

CharlesLaCour wrote:

The /etc/inittab defined the default init level as 2 and looking into /etc/rc2.d there are 2 scripts called /etc/init.d/readynas_startup and /etc/rc2.d/S02ToggleSwitchProCPUFan. Looking at the file "/etc/init.d/readynas_startup" around line 375 you have: # RC2 echo -n "Starting system log daemon: syslogd" >$OUT mknod -m 640 /dev/xconsole p sync /sbin/syslogd -m 0 || (echo "...retrying"; sleep 1; /sbin/syslogd -m 0) echo "." >$OUT The syslogd is not started using the standard /etc/init.d/sysklogd script it calls the daemon directly. I made the following changes to "/etc/init.d/readynas_startup": # RC2 echo -n "Starting system log daemon: syslogd" >$OUT mknod -m 640 /dev/xconsole p sync . /etc/default/syslogd /sbin/syslogd ${SYSLOGD}-m 0 || (echo "...retrying"; sleep 1; /sbin/syslogd ${SYSLOGD} -m 0) echo "." >$OUT

Thanks! It worked.