Bug 829870 – ksystemlog(3109): Could not open file "/var/log/syslog"

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Bug 829870 - ksystemlog(3109): Could not open file "/var/log/syslog"

Summary:	ksystemlog(3109): Could not open file "/var/log/syslog"

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kdeadmin (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.0
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	high Severity medium
Target Milestone:	beta
Target Release:	7.0
Assigned To:	Ngo Than
QA Contact:	Desktop QE
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Reported:	2012-06-07 13:50 EDT by Martin
Modified:	2014-09-14 20:03 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	kdeadmin-4.8.3-2.el7
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Last Closed:	2012-07-16 11:27:20 EDT
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Description Martin 2012-06-07 13:50:11 EDT

Description of problem:
KSystemlog starts with an error: "The file '/var/log/syslog' does not exist." KDE su asked for root password before KSystemlog started.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kdeadmin-4.8.3-1.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run KSystemlog
2. Provide root password
  
Actual results:
KSystemlog starts with an error: "The file '/var/log/syslog' does not exist."

Expected results:
KSystemlog opens /var/log/syslog

Additional info:
same for: /var/log/auth.log and /var/log/daemon.log
kernel log and X.org log works fine

Comment 1 Ludek Smid 2012-06-22 10:46:32 EDT

Not RHEL 7.0 Alpha 2 blocker. Changing to Public Beta blocker.

Comment 2 Ngo Than 2012-06-25 13:14:18 EDT

it's fixed in kdeadmin-4.8.3-2.el7

http://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/brew/taskinfo?taskID=4547240

Comment 3 Martin 2012-06-26 07:20:14 EDT

kdeadmin-4.8.3-2.el7.x86_64 fixes the bug.

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