Re: unique IDs for connections to ipsvd programs

Lasse Kliemann <[email protected]> said:
> * Message by -Charlie Brady- from Tue 2007-11-06:
> > On Sat, 13 Oct 2007, Lasse Kliemann wrote:
> >> I have a suggestion for another environment variable to be set by
> >> the ipsvd
> >> programs. How about generating a unique ID for each connection and
> >> passing this ID on to 'prog' via an environment variable and also
> >> writing the ID to
> >> the log?
> >
> > Are PIDs not "unique enough" for log correlation purposes?
>
> If one has a rough estimate at which time the connection in question
> took place, then perhaps. But not given that, I find PIDs not unique
> enough.

but when you pipe your log through multilog, you will have a timestamp 
with microsecond resolution, no?

granted, i don't think i fully understand why PID's are not enough. for 
the lifetime of the connection they are obviosly unique...

>
> Actually, I use PIDs for that purpose right now (in combination with
> the client port number), and I find the solution unsatisfactory
> (although sufficient for the moment).

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