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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 index 09f3ddb..72b6f77 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 @@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)syslogd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" $Id$ .\" -.Dd June 6, 1993 +.Dd October 12, 1995 .Dt SYSLOGD 8 .Os BSD 4.2 .Sh NAME @@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ .Nd log systems messages .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm syslogd +.Op Fl dI .Op Fl f Ar config_file .Op Fl m Ar mark_interval .Op Fl p Ar log_socket @@ -48,10 +50,17 @@ 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 d +Put +.Nm syslogd +into debugging mode. This is probably only of use to developers working on +.Nm syslogd . .It Fl f Specify the pathname of an alternate configuration file; the default is .Pa /etc/syslog.conf . +.It Fl I +Do not log messages received in UDP packets. .It Fl m Select the number of minutes between ``mark'' messages; the default is 20 minutes. @@ -120,3 +129,10 @@ The .Nm command appeared in .Bx 4.3 . +.Sh BUGS +The ability to log messages received in UDP packets is equivalent to +an unauthenticated remote disk-filling service, and should probably be +disabled by default. Some sort of +.No inter- Ns Nm syslogd +authentication mechanism ought to be worked out. + |
