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authordelphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org>2011-07-14 07:33:53 +0000
committerdelphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org>2011-07-14 07:33:53 +0000
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Add a new option, -N to disable the default and recommended syslogd(8)
behavior, which binds to the well known UDP port. This option implies -s. MFC after: 2 months
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
index ff0141d..23ba6d0 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
.Nd log systems messages
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl 468ACcdknosuv
+.Op Fl 468ACcdkNnosuv
.Op Fl a Ar allowed_peer
.Op Fl b Ar bind_address
.Op Fl f Ar config_file
@@ -227,6 +227,13 @@ facility is reserved for messages read directly from
Select the number of minutes between
.Dq mark
messages; the default is 20 minutes.
+.It Fl N
+Disable binding on UDP sockets. RFC 3164 recommends that outgoing
+syslogd messages should originate from the privileged port, this
+option
+.Em disables
+the recommended behavior. This option inherits
+.Fl s .
.It Fl n
Disable dns query for every request.
.It Fl o
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