rsyslog runs as syslog, can't read /proc/kmsg:
jdub@node:~$ ls /proc/kmsg -r-------- 1 root root 0 2010-02-18 19:01 /proc/kmsg
rsyslog runs as syslog, can't read /proc/kmsg:
jdub@node:~$ ls /proc/kmsg
-r-------- 1 root root 0 2010-02-18 19:01 /proc/kmsg