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-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.86
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
index ff4bd3a..1f6b3a3 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@ decimal number in angle braces, for example,
This priority code should map into the priorities defined in the
include file
.Aq Pa sys/syslog.h .
+.Pp
+For security reasons,
+.Nm
+will not append to log files that do not exist;
+therefore, they must be created manually before running
+.Nm .
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/run/syslog.pid -compact
.It Pa /etc/syslog.conf
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