<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>Not exactly what you asked but I have used netmask to simplify some filters. Although it probably won't be able to solve your problem. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone</div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: "Szalai, Attila" <Attila.Szalai@morganstanley.com> </div><div>Date: 6/6/17 8:07 AM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu> </div><div>Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Filter Not Working (too many or's?) </div><div><br></div></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">First of all, the content of the host() is a regular expression, so adding .* to the beginning and/or to the end of the expression adds nothing, just pain/slowness.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Second, it would help a lot if we can see the actual error message. I found no obvious mistake, but because this is not the original line, maybe something lost
in the translation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>wiskbroom@hotmail.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 06, 2017 12:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [syslog-ng] Filter Not Working (too many or's?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Here is an example of what I am trying to do, these hostnames are not real; the real ones have no common pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">filter f_xyz { host("*.abca.*") or host(".*abcb.*") or host(".*abcc.*") or host(".*abcd.*") or host(".*abce.*") or host(".*abcf.*") or host(".*abcg.*") or host(".*abch.*"); };<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The filter above is for any host containing a hostname with what is contained within the .* and *.; i.e. hostabca01 will be matched by host("*.abca.*")
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">When I have this filter in my config, syslog fails to restart.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Eyes hurt, obvious mistake?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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