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author | rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-26 05:23:31 +0000 |
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committer | rgrimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> | 1994-05-26 05:23:31 +0000 |
commit | 862fdf11a2ede45dec0da01ed575525d79468981 (patch) | |
tree | 7a1c88ccb8006476bd4b4a548a6ad48fbfc33a01 /usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 | |
parent | 8e1a19ddde0df113b0b26b0ea621afd61dbaf91f (diff) | |
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..09f3ddb --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)syslogd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd June 6, 1993 +.Dt SYSLOGD 8 +.Os BSD 4.2 +.Sh NAME +.Nm syslogd +.Nd log systems messages +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm syslogd +.Op Fl f Ar config_file +.Op Fl m Ar mark_interval +.Op Fl p Ar log_socket +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Syslogd +reads and logs messages to the system console, log files, other +machines and/or users as specified by its configuration file. +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl f +Specify the pathname of an alternate configuration file; +the default is +.Pa /etc/syslog.conf . +.It Fl m +Select the number of minutes between ``mark'' messages; +the default is 20 minutes. +.It Fl p +Specify the pathname of an alternate log socket; +the default is +.Pa /dev/log . +.El +.Pp +.Nm Syslogd +reads its configuration file when it starts up and whenever it +receives a hangup signal. +For information on the format of the configuration file, +see +.Xr syslog.conf 5 . +.Pp +.Nm Syslogd +reads messages from the +.Tn UNIX +domain socket +.Pa /dev/log , +from an Internet domain socket specified in +.Pa /etc/services , +and from the special device +.Pa /dev/klog +(to read kernel messages). +.Pp +.Nm Syslogd +creates the file +.Pa /var/run/syslog.pid , +and stores its process +id there. +This can be used to kill or reconfigure +.Nm syslogd . +.Pp +The message sent to +.Nm syslogd +should consist of a single line. +The message can contain a priority code, which should be a preceding +decimal number in angle braces, for example, +.Sq Aq 5. +This priority code should map into the priorities defined in the +include file +.Aq Pa sys/syslog.h . +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /var/run/syslog.pid -compact +.It Pa /etc/syslog.conf +The configuration file. +.It Pa /var/run/syslog.pid +The process id of current +.Nm syslogd . +.It Pa /dev/log +Name of the +.Tn UNIX +domain datagram log socket. +.It Pa /dev/klog +The kernel log device. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr logger 1 , +.Xr syslog 3 , +.Xr services 5 , +.Xr syslog.conf 5 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.3 . |