[syslog-ng] write() failed (errno 32)

[Balazs Scheidler]

> I have following lines in syslog-ng.conf
> 
> filter aaa { match ("aaa"); };
> destination aaa { program ("/usr/bin/mail -s WARN user"); };
> log { source(src); filter (aaa); destination(aaa); };
> 
> When I run logger:
> # logger aaaIIII
> in messages file I have:
> Apr  5 13:06:26 src@host syslog-ng[1627]: io.c: do_write: write() failed (errno 32), Broken pipe
> 
> What does it mean ?
> It happen from time to time, not always.

probably the mail program exits for some reason... you may try to write a
wrapper script sending logs in a batch, e.g.:

repeat while something is available:
	read 100 lines, mail it
loop

maybe mail can't read messages exceeding some limit in size.

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