The virFork call resets all logging handlers that may have been set. Re-enable them after fork in virExec, so that env variables fir LIBVIRT_LOG_OUTPUTS and LIBVIRT_LOG_FILTERS take effect until the execve() * src/util/util.c: Preserve logging in child in virExec --- src/util/util.c | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/util/util.c b/src/util/util.c index f2fe58a..a0849e1 100644 --- a/src/util/util.c +++ b/src/util/util.c @@ -602,6 +602,9 @@ __virExec(const char *const*argv, childout = -1; } + /* Initialize full logging for a while */ + virLogSetFromEnv(); + /* Daemonize as late as possible, so the parent process can detect * the above errors with wait* */ if (flags & VIR_EXEC_DAEMON) { @@ -650,6 +653,9 @@ __virExec(const char *const*argv, virClearCapabilities() < 0) goto fork_error; + /* Close logging again to ensure no FDs leak to child */ + virLogReset(); + if (envp) execve(argv[0], (char **) argv, (char**)envp); else -- 1.7.2.3