FileOwnerNum

Sets the owner of the Unix-domain socket by numeric UID.

This parameter applies to imptcp: Plain TCP Syslog.

Name:

FileOwnerNum

Scope:

input

Type:

integer

Default:

input=system default

Required?:

no

Introduced:

at least 5.x, possibly earlier

Description

Set the file owner for the domain socket. The parameter is a numerical ID, which is used regardless of whether the user actually exists. This can be useful if the user mapping is not available to rsyslog during startup.

Input usage

input(type="imptcp" fileOwnerNum="...")

See also

See also imptcp: Plain TCP Syslog.

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