syslog-ng: add syntax check to startup script

Signed-off-by: Philip Prindeville <[email protected]>

diff --git a/admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.init b/admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.init
index 545ca0091a61d8c92d07738124e8df4a7be71460..540a40a4c392de4a144a4d80532d312d20eb7f22 100644 (file)
--- a/admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.init
+++ b/admin/syslog-ng/files/syslog-ng.init
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ config_file=/etc/syslog-ng.conf
 
 start() {
        [ -f $config_file ] || return 1
+
+       if ! $PROG -s 2>/dev/null ; then
+               echo "Couldn't parse $(basename $config_file)" >&2
+               exit 1
+       fi
+
        service_start $PROG --process-mode background \
                -p $SERVICE_PID_FILE
 }