>> This chain has 30 characters... the max.. if I reduce it to 28, it's added >> wihtout any problem. > >(note: your OP said the error was with the 28 char chain) > >it looks like 29 characters is the max: It's documented: --log-prefix prefix Prefix log messages with the specified prefix; up to 29 letters long, and useful for distinguishing messages in the logs. So I guess there's more places with the 30 limit (read: 1 for the '\0' char). Jan Engelhardt -- | Alphagate Systems, http://alphagate.hopto.org/