[rsyslog-notify] Forum Thread: OMUDPSPOOF and libnet error - (Mode 'post')

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User: TomG 
Forumlink: http://kb.monitorware.com/viewtopic.php?p=24457#p24457

Message: 
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I am getting this error:
rsyslogd-2152: omudpsoof: error initializing libnet - are you running as
root? [try <!-- m --><a class="postlink"
href="http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2152">http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2152</a><!--
m -->]

The doc says something about dropping privileges --- which means absolutely
nothing to me.
What do I need to do to not "drop privileges"? I searched the doc and got
nothing meaningful.

BTW "omudpspoof" is misspelled in the following code - this was driving me
wild- I was trying to find some kind of unprintable character in my
rsyslog.conf file that might have been causing the error.

if(pWrkrData->libnet_handle == NULL) {
if(pData->bReportLibnetInitErr) {
errmsg.LogError(0, RS_RET_ERR_LIBNET_INIT, "omudpsoof: error " 
[color=#FF8040:3hgkam5p]<- s.b. "omudpspoof"[/color:3hgkam5p]
"initializing libnet - are you running as root?");
pData->bReportLibnetInitErr = 0;
}

Thanks!!!