[syslog-ng] Message length overflow, line is split, log_msg_size=2048

2 Feb 2007

      Hi there,

For some time I am running syslog-ng as a backend mostly for snare agents on windoze.

I get the following in the log from time to time:
Jan 28 00:12:25 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: STATS: dropped 0
Jan 28 12:01:33 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: Message length overflow, line is split, log_msg_size=2048
Jan 28 12:12:25 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: STATS: dropped 0
Jan 29 00:12:25 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: STATS: dropped 0
Jan 29 12:00:01 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: Message length overflow, line is split, log_msg_size=2048
Jan 29 12:12:25 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: STATS: dropped 0
Jan 30 00:12:25 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: STATS: dropped 0
Jan 30 12:00:00 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: Message length overflow, line is split, log_msg_size=2048
Jan 30 12:12:25 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: STATS: dropped 0
Jan 31 00:12:25 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: STATS: dropped 0
Jan 31 12:00:01 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: Message length overflow, line is split, log_msg_size=2048
Jan 31 12:12:25 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: STATS: dropped 0
Feb  1 00:12:25 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: STATS: dropped 0
Feb  1 12:01:40 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: Message length overflow, line is split, log_msg_size=2048
Feb  1 12:12:25 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: STATS: dropped 0
Feb  2 00:12:26 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: STATS: dropped 0
Feb  2 12:02:20 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: Message length overflow, line is split, log_msg_size=2048
Feb  2 12:12:26 svn01 syslog-ng[12377]: STATS: dropped 0

What does this "Message length overflow" ?
How can I find/log who(=pid or IP) is sending long messages?
Shall I increase log_msg_size? How?

I am using syslog-ng-1.6.9 on Gentoo linux.

The global part of the config:
### {{{ global options
options
{
        # hostname setup
        chain_hostnames(no);
        keep_hostname(no);
        use_dns(no);
        dns_cache(no);

        sync(0);
        stats(43200);
        create_dirs(yes);

        dir_owner(root);        dir_group(logop);       dir_perm(0750);
        owner(root);            group(logop);           perm(0640);
};
### global options }}}

Some other bits-n-pieces:

source s_network        { udp();                                };
destination d_ext_by_hosts_ALL
        { file("/var/log/syslog-ng/raw/remote/$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY/$HOST/ALL"
                template("$ISODATE $HOST <$FACILITY.$LEVEL> $MSG\n")
                template_escape(no) );
        };
log
{
        source(s_network);
        destination(d_ext_by_hosts_ALL);
};

Googling found only this unanswered mail from this ML:
	https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2005-December/008248.html

Kalin.
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[syslog-ng] Message length overflow, line is split, log_msg_size=2048

Kalin KOZHUHAROV