[syslog-ng] syslog-ng tcp port "max-connections(#)" directive?

[Markus Warg]

Robert,

On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Robert Coli wrote:

> Hello. I am attempting to have multiple hosts log to syslog-ng on a
> centralized host via tcp. This is the line from my config file on the
> logging host :
> 
> ---
> source remote { tcp(port(<port #>)); max-connections(50) };
> ---
> 
> This does not seem to be a valid syntax for a tcp remote source. In
> fact, syslog-ng will not start unless I remove the "max-connections(#)"
> part of that line. 
> 
> The only notes in the docs wrt this directive is here :
> 
> ---
> source s_tcp { tcp(ip(127.0.0.1) port(1999); max-connections(10)); };
> ---


Well, seems that max-connections belongs to the tcp-statement, so
you set a closing brace wrong, try:

source remote { tcp(port(<port #>); max-connections(50)); };
                                 ^                    ^^

I have not tried this out, but it should be easy to test.

Markus

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