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authorsheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-01 08:20:17 +0000
committersheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-01 08:20:17 +0000
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Clarify the facility used for logging with and without the wrapping
options. PR: 17017 Submitted by: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8 b/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8
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+++ b/usr.sbin/inetd/inetd.8
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ The following options are available:
.It Fl d
Turn on debugging.
.It Fl l
-Turn on logging.
+Turn on logging of successful connections.
.It Fl w
Turn on TCP Wrapping for external services.
See the
@@ -517,6 +517,16 @@ option
.Nm
will log an entry to syslog each time a connection is accepted, noting the
service selected and the IP-number of the remote requestor if available.
+Unless otherwise specified in the configuration file,
+and in the absence of the
+.Fl W
+and
+.Fl w
+options,
+.Nm
+will log to the
+.Dq daemon
+facility.
.Pp
The
.Nm
@@ -549,13 +559,16 @@ option is given, such
services will be wrapped.
If both options are given, wrapping for both
internal and external services will be enabled.
-.Pp
-If the
+Either wrapping option
+will cause failed connections to be logged to the
+.Dq auth
+syslog facility.
+Adding the
.Fl l
-option is specified, all connection attempts are logged, whether they are
-allowed, denied or not wrapped at all.
-Otherwise, only denied requests will
-be logged.
+flag to the wrapping options will include successful connections in the
+logging to the
+.Dq auth
+facility.
.Pp
Note that
.Nm
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