0.7.60: "could not open error log"

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:51:42AM +0200, Toni Mueller wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> while going from 0.6.x to 0.7.6[01], I notice the following:
> 
> $ nginx -t -c /my/private/path/conf/nginx.conf 
> [alert]: could not open error log file: open() "/var/log/nginx/error.log" failed (13: Permission denied)
> the configuration file /my/private/path/conf/nginx.conf syntax is ok
> configuration file /my/private/path/conf/nginx.conf test is successful
> 
> I always set the log file locations to somewhere else, not
> /var/log/nginx (the system default). When I run nginx w/o the "-t"
> switch, it emits the same error message on the console, but proceeds to
> actually use the log file(s) that I've specified in my configuration
> file.

See changelog:

Changes with nginx 0.7.53

...
    *) Change: now a log set by --error-log-path is created from the very 
       start-up.

    *) Feature: now the start up errors and warnings are outputted to an 
       error_log and stderr.
...

Now compiled in error_log value always used to log errors at start 
time (and emits warning if nginx can't open it).  Once config file 
have been read - error_log from config will be used instead.

If you have compiled nginx with error_log path relative to prefix 
- it should be possible to override startup error_log via -p 
switch.

Maxim Dounin