Sent from phone, thus brief. Am 06.05.2014 11:27 schrieb "Thomas D." <[email protected]>: > > Hi, > > Florian Riedl wrote: > > Rainer's comment with the PID triggered a memory for me. I have tested rate > > limiting in rsyslog a few years back and my first approach was a script > > that calls logger. Long story short: they way logger is called, it is a new > > process every time. The rate limiting as well as $RepeatedMsgReduction > > check the process ID. If it differs, it is not working on the message. > > > > Here is the article I wrote about it: > > http://www.rsyslog.com/first-try-to-test-rate-limiting/ > > > > It's the very same cause, just a slightly different application. > > This was a very useful article, thank you Florian. > > <--- OT > A tool like syslog_caller should be part of "diagtools" or "usertools". > Replacement for "msggen" tool: > > -n parameter (How many messages the tool should generate) > > -m <Custom message> (if not set, a random message, maybe including the > dynamic value $i, should be generated... but sometimes you need a tool > which will always create the same identical message, therefore you need > a way to overwrite...) > > Maybe this can go into the "logger" replacement tool? > ---> > > > I had to modify "syslog_caller.c" so that the message will always be the > same, but now $RepeatedMsgReduction seems to work. > > Well, when set "$RepeatedMsgReduction = off" and I run "./syslog_caller > -m 100" I'll get 100 "test message" lines per call. > When I set "$RepeatedMsgReduction = on" I only get *1* "test message" > line per call -- but no hint that rsyslog suppressed repeated messages...
Did you send a different message? > > > -Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT. _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
