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diff --git a/system/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf b/system/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
index 1770521d79..8ef417f569 100644
--- a/system/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
+++ b/system/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
# For info about the format of this file, see "man syslog-ng.conf"
# Written by Mario Preksavec <mario at slackware dot hr>
# Updated by Janos Szigetvari <jszigetvari at gmail dot com>
+# Thanks to Andrea Biardi <a.biardi at tiscali dot it>
options {
flush_lines(0);
@@ -45,7 +46,15 @@ destination d_debug { file("/var/log/debug"); };
destination d_secure { file("/var/log/secure"); };
destination d_cron { file("/var/log/cron"); };
destination d_maillog { file("/var/log/maillog"); };
-destination d_usertty { usertty("*"); };
+destination d_usertty {
+ usertty("*");
+ # Notify all logged-in users; note that, although running as root,
+ # syslog-ng drops some key capabilities at runtime, so the process
+ # must belong to the tty group in order to be able to open /dev/tty*
+ # and /dev/pts/* for writing.
+ # This can be done either by running sylog-ng with "-g tty" or by
+ # adding root to the "tty" group.
+};
destination d_spooler { file("/var/log/spooler"); };
# Log anything 'info' or higher, but lower than 'warn'.