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authoreadler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>2012-09-12 16:58:42 +0000
committereadler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>2012-09-12 16:58:42 +0000
commitf6e6da92204f6586187b9a99d6d9e1e133ad995c (patch)
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Add documentation for IPv6 support
PR: docs/171580 Submitted by: bdrewery Reviewed by: wblock Approved by: gjb MFC after: 1 month X-MFC-With: r240389
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-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.510
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5
index f9d4024..3378aa0 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)syslog.conf.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd December 23, 2008
+.Dd September 12, 2012
.Dt SYSLOG.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -347,6 +347,14 @@ If a port number is added after a colon
.Pq Ql :\&
then that port will be used as the destination port
rather than the usual syslog port.
+IPv6 addresses can be used
+by surrounding the address portion with
+square brackets
+.Po
+.Ql [\&
+and
+.Ql ]\&
+.Pc .
.It
A comma separated list of users.
Selected messages are written to those users
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