/etc/syslog.auth: 43 host entries too much?

From: Gerhard Nolte <gnolte_at_gwdg.de>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 15:44:31 +0200

Dear Managers,

My syslogd crashes with

Memory fault(coredump),

if the number of host entries is too large (actual 43, with about 10 entries
it works).

prompt> /usr/sbin/syslogd -d

gives the following output:

off & running....
init
cfline(kern.debug /var/adm/syslog.dated/kern.log)
cfline(user.debug /var/adm/syslog.dated/user.log)
cfline(mail.debug /var/adm/syslog.dated/mail.log)
cfline(daemon.debug /var/adm/syslog.dated/daemon.log)
cfline(auth.debug /var/adm/syslog.dated/auth.log)
cfline(syslog.debug /var/adm/syslog.dated/syslog.log)
cfline(lpr.debug /var/adm/syslog.dated/lpr.log)
cfline(msgbuf.err /var/adm/crash/msgbuf.savecore)
cfline(kern.debug /var/adm/messages)
cfline(kern.debug /dev/console)
cfline(*.emerg *)
cfline(local6.info /var/adm/syslog.dated/tcpd.log)
cfline(auth.debug /dev/console)
7 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X FILE: /var/adm/syslog.dated/23-Apr-15:35/kern.log
X 7 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X FILE: /var/adm/syslog.dated/23-Apr-15:35/user.log
X X 7 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X FILE: /var/adm/syslog.dated/23-Apr-15:35/mail.log
X X X 7 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X FILE: /var/adm/syslog.dated/23-Apr-15:35/daemon.log
X X X X 7 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X FILE: /var/adm/syslog.dated/23-Apr-15:35/auth.log
X X X X X 7 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X FILE: /var/adm/syslog.dated/23-Apr-15:35/syslog.log
X X X X X X 7 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X FILE: /var/adm/syslog.dated/23-Apr-15:35/lpr.log
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X UNUSED:
7 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X FILE: /var/adm/messages
7 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X CONSOLE: /dev/console
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X WALL:
X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 6 X X FILE: /var/adm/syslog.dated/23-Apr-15:35/tcpd.log
X X X X 7 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X CONSOLE: /dev/console
The file /etc/syslog.auth is non-empty, nhosts = 43
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=.SUB.DOMAIN$$
$$
-empty, nhosts = 43
NSOLE: /dev/console
datedSOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=ME.HOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
hostname=SOMEHOST.SUB.DOMAIN$$
logmsg: pri 56, flags 4, from msfd14, msg syslogd: restart

Any ideas?

TIA
Gerhard

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Gerhard Nolte
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MPI fuer Stroemungsforschung, Bunsenstr. 10, 37073 Goettingen, Germany
Received on Thu Apr 23 1998 - 15:45:34 NZST

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