* Michael Wieher (michael.wieher@xxxxxxxxx) [20080507 23:06]: > If I use syslog() to attempt to write data and see where it dies, it > lives and works perfectly. If you're on a system with glibc, try compiling with -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2, which will give you runtime stack checking which will possibly help you finding the spot where your code spills a buffer or something like it Philipp