[syslog-ng] Equivalent to syslog.conf -

Tony Earnshaw tonye at billy.demon.nl
Mon Sep 5 16:32:46 CEST 2005


man, 05.09.2005 kl. 09.06 skrev Nate Campi:

> > But. My OpenLDAP 2.3.7 slapd log needs a "do not synchronize"
> > possibility, similar to the syslog.conf - possibility, I *think* I've
> > solved this by buffering output with sync:
> > 
> > destination d_slapd { file("/var/log/slapd" sync(10)); };
> 
> That's it, more or less. I forget offhand how much Linux syslogd (well
> GNU syslogd is probably what it really is but everyone just calls it
> "Linux syslog") will buffer but what you've done is also buffering
> before writing to disk. I'd not make it so high though - maybe five at
> the most. Just my opinion, though.
> 
> Hope this helps.

Thanks, Nate - it helps a lot :) slapd was bombing out the whole time
(every so often) and doesn't any more - after a few days. Left it at ten
and tail-fing doesn't leave a lot to be desired.

Best,

--Tonni

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