Read data directly from /dev/log Unix Domain Socket

Question

My project aims at reading log messages directly from /dev/log UNIX domain socket in Java. Currently I am using junixsocket. Below is a sample code of client that r

Answer 1

Since you cannot connect to an existing server socket as mentioned in the log traces, then you haven't bound one one the mentioned file, so try creating an AF_UNIX server socket then connect to it.

It could be done in a separate class:

public class DevLogServer {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

    final File socketFile = new File("/dev/log");
    AFUNIXServerSocket server = AFUNIXServerSocket.newInstance();
    try {
      server.bind(new AFUNIXSocketAddress(socketFile));
    } catch (Exception e) {
      throw e;
    }

  }

}

Edit as per @Ankit comment:

You may also need to make sure the syslod daemon is stopped by runnig below command in a terminal window:

sudo service syslog stop

You may alternatively need to grand write permission to the /dev directory.