[FC5] syslogd:network logging disabled

[Joel Gomberg]

P Jones wrote:
> Hi All;
> 
> I'm getting a message on TTY7 when gdm restarts that states the following:
> 
> syslogd: network logging disabled (syslog/udp service unknown).
> syslogd: see syslogd(8) for details of whether and how to enable it.:
> Operation not permitted
> 
> Any ideas what that could be? This is a bare metal FC5 install, updated.

If you're running SELinux, some program [probably VMware] 
may have modified /etc/services and changed its context. 
Try /sbin/restorecon/etc/services

The output of ls -Z /etc/services should be:

-rw-r--r--  root root system_u:object_r:etc_t 
/etc/services



-- 
Joel