Hello, On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 1:34 AM warron.french via rsyslog < rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com> wrote:
> Sir, David, as there anything else you needed from me? > The legacy way to set owner/group of files is to use something like the following: $FileOwner nameOfTheOwner $FileGroup nameOfTheGroup The new syntax is the following: action( type="omfile" file="'path/to/file" FileOwner="nameOfTheOwner" FileGroup="'nameOfTheGroup" ) Hope that helps. > > -------------------------- > Warron French > > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 8:05 AM warron.french <warron.fre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello sir, sorry, I did not have the opportunity to reply earlier than > > just now as this is a work related issue and I had another task at work > > yesterday. > > Attached is an image of the syntax I have put into place. Unfortunately, > > I am not permitted to share the entire file; and I also had to redact > some > > of the syntax. > > > > This syntax, as you see it plus the syntax that is redacted works as > > expected for us presently. As you can see I am not using the *action() > > syntax*, mostly because I do not know how to adapt the syntax I have to > > the action() syntax format. > > > > > > -------------------------- > > Warron French > > > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 1:20 AM David Lang <da...@lang.hm> wrote: > > > >> if you are using the action() syntax, you set the ownership as part of > >> the > >> action. > >> > >> if you post your full config (including included files) we can better > >> guess > >> what's wrong with it. > >> > >> David Lang > >> > >> On Sat, 6 Apr 2024, warron.french via rsyslog wrote: > >> > >> > I am running multiple servers on RHEL-7.9 at work and with no option > to > >> > upgrade to a newer major version. > >> > > >> > I have a server collecting (consolidating) logs from other (remote) > >> servers > >> > and need to store the various independently generated logfiles but > also > >> set > >> > the Group-owner to something other than root. > >> > > >> > I thought the proper syntax to do this was to set: > >> > $FileOwner somegroup > >> > > >> > But rsyslogd upon restart fails to accept this directive. > >> > > >> > Can someone tell me what directive I should be using because > attempting > >> to > >> > find the Rsyslog documentation specific to my RHEL-7.9 in combination > to > >> > answering this query at *rsyslog.com <http://rsyslog.com> * > >> > is not proving to be useful. > >> > > >> > Thank you in advance for your assistance, > >> > > >> > -------------------------- > >> > Warron French > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > rsyslog mailing list > >> > https://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > >> > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > >> > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > >> > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a > >> myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST > if > >> you DON'T LIKE THAT. > >> > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > https://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list https://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
