[hobbit] Increasing the maximum size of data a client can send

[Buchan Milne]

On Tuesday 08 July 2008 13:53:02 Ward, Martin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> One of my clients is sending extremely large client packets.
> Specifically it has hundreds of LDAP connections and these are reported
> in the [ports] section, however I am not getting all of the data and the
> hobbitd process is reporting the following warning:
>
> Latest errormessages:
> Oversize status msg from 10.44.85.244 for dir0.lon.oss.colt.net:ports
> truncated (n=273337, limit=262144)
>
> Digging through the code I can find some references to an environment
> variable called "MAXMSG_CLIENT" which brings up two questions:
>
> 1. Can I set this so that I can allow for a larger client message?

Yes.

> 2. Where should I set it to ensure that it takes effect?

In hobbitserver.cfg. You will need to restart Hobbit.

Regards,
Buchan