[syslog-ng] Unable to run several syslog-ng instances using file source driver file position persistence

[Balazs Scheidler]

It was integrated in syslog-ng OSE 2.1, as announced earlier I only fix
really critical issues in 2.0, it is in strict maintenance mode. I'd
rather like to get more testing for syslog-ng OSE 2.1.

The patch itself can be backported easily, here's the patch:

http://git.balabit.hu/?p=bazsi/syslog-ng-2.1.git;a=commitdiff;h=39e54c9b7ad73d6863d345125eec6f8cf61d4451;hp=63ce1bba3dff8c0645035025d221349e3d5ec59c



On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 10:03 +0200, Andreas Kurz wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I am using syslog-ng 2.0.8 (and tested 2.0.9 to see if it includes the
> feature...) and found out that there is still no cmdline option to
> define the path/name of the "syslog-ng.persist" file (like for the
> pid/conf file). So it is not possible to easy run several Instances of
> syslog-ng using the file source driver on the same machine and store
> the file positions beyond syslog-ng restarts ... e.g. in a cluster
> environment .... or did I miss a hidden config option?
> 
> There was already a discussion about this some months ago. Is there a
> special reason, why this feature is not integrated in syslog-ng or is
> there only too less demand for such a feature?

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Bazsi