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| author | pjd <pjd@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-03-06 10:36:33 +0000 |
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| committer | pjd <pjd@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-03-06 10:36:33 +0000 |
| commit | 96923c291c08e18b976f0a170240c3883133501d (patch) | |
| tree | 485d4836cd2004fa2b2689fb876d66dfcef6f5dc /usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 | |
| parent | e26ef35902bca6a5b8f5bac7fec6eb538707969b (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-96923c291c08e18b976f0a170240c3883133501d.zip FreeBSD-src-96923c291c08e18b976f0a170240c3883133501d.tar.gz | |
By default (for security reasons) syslogd(8) doesn't create log files
when they don't exist, but sometimes its quite useful (eg. we use
non-standard log files and memory backed /var/, which is populated on
boot).
Add -C option which tells syslogd(8) to create log files if they don't
exist.
Glanced at by: phk
MFC after: 3 days
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 index afb9f8a..c9faa01 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 46Acdknosuv +.Op Fl 46ACcdknosuv .Op Fl a Ar allowed_peer .Op Fl b Ar bind_address .Op Fl f Ar config_file @@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ option is also specified. Specify one specific IP address or hostname to bind to. If a hostname is specified, the IPv4 or IPv6 address which corresponds to it is used. +.It Fl C +Create log files that do not exist (permission is set to +.Li 0600 ) . .It Fl c Disable the compression of repeated instances of the same line into a single line of the form @@ -283,7 +286,9 @@ include file .Pp For security reasons, .Nm -will not append to log files that do not exist; +will not append to log files that do not exist (unless +.Fl C +option is specified); therefore, they must be created manually before running .Nm . .Sh FILES |
