I can't post the whole thing since its too big but I am posting the relevant portion of it: options { sync (0); time_reopen (10); log_fifo_size (1000); long_hostnames (on); use_dns (yes); use_fqdn (no); create_dirs (no); owner(mdirect); group(mdirect); keep_hostname (yes); log_msg_size(20480); }; The rest of the file is just a bunch of source, destination, filter and log entries for various stuff Also: [root@clxd01md syslog-ng]# strings /sbin/syslog-ng | grep time_sleep time_sleep So looks like there could be some time_sleep code in the binary at least... -----Original Message----- From: syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu [mailto:syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of John Morrissey Sent: April 25, 2006 1:48 PM To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] time_sleep() On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 01:00:17PM -0700, Vaibhav Goel wrote:

I did exactly that...

[root@clxd01md syslog-ng]# /etc/init.d/syslog-ng restart Shutting down system logger: [ OK ] Starting system logger: syntax error at 20 Parse error reading configuration file, exiting. (line 20) [FAILED] [root@clxd01md syslog-ng]# cat /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf | grep time time_reopen (10); time_sleep(30);

[root@clxd01md syslog-ng]# /sbin/syslog-ng -V syslog-ng 1.6.10

Am I doing something wrong?

Strange. I backported the time_sleep change to the Debian package I'm running (1.6.9) so I can't speak for the pristine 1.6.10 source, but it's been working fine for us. I glanced at the 1.6.10 tarball and see some time_sleep code there. Could you post your entire syslog-ng.conf? john -- John Morrissey _o /\ ---- __o jwm@horde.net _-< \_ / \ ---- < \, www.horde.net/ __(_)/_(_)________/ \_______(_) /_(_)__ _______________________________________________ syslog-ng maillist - syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu https://lists.balabit.hu/mailman/listinfo/syslog-ng Frequently asked questions at http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/faq.html