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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 index 5d8896a..e8000f7 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 @@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ Do not log messages from remote machines. If specified twice, no network socket will be opened at all, which also disables logging to remote machines. +.It Fl T +Always use the local time and date for messages received from the network, +instead of the timestamp field supplied in the message by the remote host. +This is useful if some of the originating hosts can't keep time properly +or are unable to generate a correct timestamp. .It Fl u Unique priority logging. Only log messages at the specified priority. @@ -308,6 +313,13 @@ will not append to log files that do not exist (unless option is specified); therefore, they must be created manually before running .Nm . +.Pp +The date and time are taken from the received message. +If the format of the timestamp field is incorrect, +time obtained from the local host is used instead. +This can be overriden by the +.Fl T +flag. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /var/run/syslog.pid -compact .It Pa /etc/syslog.conf |
