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-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 | 6 |
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 |