rsyslog error 2420

Imfile file name contains wildcard, which may be problematic.

This message tells the user that a state file is specified for an imfile input which uses wildcards. This is usually an extremely bad idea, as the state file becomes corrupted if multiple files match the wildcard. The option primarily exist for exotic use cases and it is strongly recommended not to specify state file names in this setup.

For more details check the documentation

This is a stub entry: If you have questions please post a comment or visit the github issue tracker.

Leave a Reply

Scroll to top