[rsyslog] Ominous "Called LogError, msg: Could not create tcp listener, ignoring port 10514" message

[Brian Dorling]

Brian Dorling <brian_dorling <at> t-online.de> writes:

> 
> Hi,
> saw all the infos about problems with ports below 1024, so chnaged my remote
> logging to use 10514 and am getting the same error. According to all the
> discussions I read, port 10514 should work with dropped permissions.
> USing rsyslog 4.6.4, supplied with Ubuntu 11.04.
> Didn't find anything detailing exactly which version solved the dropped
> permissions problem.
> 
> Has it been solved now? 
> 
> ANy ideas why I should get this error on a port > 1024?
> 
> Thanks in advance Brian 
> 
> 
Sorry, running this on Debian 6.0 with Kernel 2.6.32-5-686. Not Ubuntu.
Strange is that this has been working for months, and now it stopped.
Also, went to port 10514 after getting the same error on port 514.

Cheers Brian