diff --git a/modules/libcom/src/log/logClient.c b/modules/libcom/src/log/logClient.c
index 73377870d..986c7b807 100644
--- a/modules/libcom/src/log/logClient.c
+++ b/modules/libcom/src/log/logClient.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ void epicsShareAPI logClientFlush ( logClientId id )
         }
         else {
             if ( ! pClient->shutdown ) {
-                char sockErrBuf[64];
+                char sockErrBuf[128];
                 if ( status ) {
                     epicsSocketConvertErrnoToString ( sockErrBuf, sizeof ( sockErrBuf ) );
                 }
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static void logClientMakeSock (logClient *pClient)
      */
     pClient->sock = epicsSocketCreate ( AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0 );
     if ( pClient->sock == INVALID_SOCKET ) {
-        char sockErrBuf[64];
+        char sockErrBuf[128];
         epicsSocketConvertErrnoToString ( 
             sockErrBuf, sizeof ( sockErrBuf ) );
         fprintf ( stderr, "log client: no socket error %s\n", 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static void logClientConnect (logClient *pClient)
             }
             else {
                 if ( pClient->connFailStatus != errnoCpy && ! pClient->shutdown ) {
-                    char sockErrBuf[64];
+                    char sockErrBuf[128];
                     epicsSocketConvertErrnoToString (
                         sockErrBuf, sizeof ( sockErrBuf ) );
                     fprintf (stderr,
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static void logClientConnect (logClient *pClient)
     optval = TRUE;
     status = setsockopt (pClient->sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, (char *)&optval, sizeof(optval));
     if (status<0) {
-        char sockErrBuf[64];
+        char sockErrBuf[128];
         epicsSocketConvertErrnoToString ( 
             sockErrBuf, sizeof ( sockErrBuf ) );
         fprintf (stderr, "log client: unable to enable keepalive option because \"%s\"\n", sockErrBuf);
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static void logClientConnect (logClient *pClient)
         lingerval.l_linger = 60*5; 
         status = setsockopt (pClient->sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER, (char *) &lingerval, sizeof(lingerval));
         if (status<0) {
-            char sockErrBuf[64];
+            char sockErrBuf[128];
             epicsSocketConvertErrnoToString ( 
                 sockErrBuf, sizeof ( sockErrBuf ) );
             fprintf (stderr, "log client: unable to set linger options because \"%s\"\n", sockErrBuf);