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.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" from: @(#)logger.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" Modified for Minix porting by G. Falzoni <gfalzoni@inwind.it>
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.\" Local macros
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.de Xr
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.BR \\$1 (\\$2)\\$3
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..
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.de LB
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.TP \\$1
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\\fB\\$2\\fR
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\\$3
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..
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.de LI
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.\" end local macros
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.DD June 6, 1993
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.TH LOGGER 1 "Jan. 18, 2000"
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.\" Os BSD 4.3
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.SH NAME
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logger \- make entries in the system log
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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logger
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.RB [ \-i ]
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.RB [ \-f " " file ]
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.RB [ \-p " " pri ]
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.RB [ \-t " " tag ]
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.B message ...
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Logger provides a shell command interface to the
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.Xr syslog 3
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system log module.
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.PP
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The following options are available to control message formatting:
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.PP
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.LB 9 -i "Log the process id of the logger process with each line."
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.\" LB 9 -s "Log the message to standard error, as well as the system log."
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.LB 9 "-f file" "Log the specified file."
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.LB 9 "-p pri" "Enter the message with the specified priority.
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The priority may be specified numerically or as a `facility.level'
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pair. For example, `\-p local3.info' logs the message(s) as
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.BR info rmational
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level in the
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.B local3
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facility. The default is `user.notice'.
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.LB 9 "-t tag" "Mark every line in the log with the specified
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.BR tag .
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.LB 9 message "Write the message to log. If not specified, and the"
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.B \-f
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flag is not provided, standard input is logged.
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.PP
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The logger utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.PP
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logger System rebooted
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.PP
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logger \-p local0.notice \-t HOSTIDM \-f /dev/idmc
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.Xr syslog 3 ,
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.Xr syslogd 8 .
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.SH STANDARDS
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The logger command is expected to be IEEE Std1003.2 (`POSIX') compatible.
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man/man3/syslog.3
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man/man3/syslog.3
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.\" Written Feb 1994 by Steve Greenland (stevegr@neosoft.com)
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.\"
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.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
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.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
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.\" preserved on all copies.
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.\"
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.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this
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.\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the
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.\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a
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.\" permission notice identical to this one
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.\"
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.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this
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.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no
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.\" responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from
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.\" the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not
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.\" have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual,
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.\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working
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.\" professionally.
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.\"
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.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by
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.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work.
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.\"
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.\" from SYSLOG 3 "15 Feb 1994" "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.\" Modified for Minix porting by G. Falzoni <gfalzoni@inwind.it>
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.\" Local macros
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.de Xr
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.BR \\$1 (\\$2)\\$3
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..
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.de LB
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.TP \\$1
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\\fB\\$2\\fR
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\\$3
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..
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.de LI
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.TP \\$1
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\\fI\\$2\\fR
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\\$3
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.de LR
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.TP \\$1
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\\fR\\$2\\fR
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\\$3
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..
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.\" end local macros
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.TH SYSLOG 3 "Jan. 18, 2000"
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.SH NAME
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openlog, syslog, closelog \- send messages to the system logger
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <syslog.h>
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.sp
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.BI "void openlog(char " *ident ", int " option ", int " facility)
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.sp
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.BI "void syslog(int " priority ", char " *format ", ...)"
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.sp
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.BI "void closelog(void)"
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.sp
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B openlog()
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opens a connection to the system logger for a program. The string pointed to by
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.I ident
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is added to each message, and is typically set to the program name. Values for
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.I option
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and
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.I facility
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are given in the next section. Its use is optional. It will automatically be called by
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.B syslog()
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if necessary, in which case
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.I ident
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will default to "syslog".
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.sp
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.B syslog()
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generates a log message, which will be distributed by
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.Xr syslogd 8 .
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.I priority
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is a combination of the
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.I facility
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and the
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.IR level ,
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values for which are given in the next section. The remaining arguments
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are a
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.IR format ,
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as in
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.Xr printf 3
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and any arguments required by the
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.IR format .
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.\" except that the two character %m will be replaced by the error message string
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.\" RI ( strerror )
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.\" corresponding to the present value of
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.\" IR errno .
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.sp
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.B closelog()
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closes the descriptor being used to write to the system logger. Its use is optional.
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.SH "PARAMETERS"
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This section lists the parameters used to set the values of
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.IR option , " facility" ", and " priority .
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.SS option
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The
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.I option
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argument to
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.B openlog()
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is an OR of any of these:
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.TP
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.B LOG_CONS
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write directly to system console if there is an error while sending to
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system logger
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.TP
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.B LOG_NDELAY
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open the connection immediately (normally, the connection is opened when
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the first message is logged)
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.TP
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.B LOG_PERROR
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print to stderr as well
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.TP
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.B LOG_PID
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include PID with each message
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.SS facility
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The
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.I facility
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argument is used to specify what type of program is logging the message.
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This lets the configuration file specify that messages from different
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facilities will be handled differently.
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.TP
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.B LOG_AUTH
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security/authorization messages (DEPRECATED Use
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.B LOG_AUTHPRIV
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instead)
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.TP
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.B LOG_AUTHPRIV
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security/authorization messages (private)
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.TP
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.B LOG_CRON
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clock daemon
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.RB ( cron " and " at )
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.TP
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.B LOG_DAEMON
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other system daemons
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.TP
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.B LOG_KERN
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kernel messages
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.TP
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.BR LOG_LOCAL0 " through " LOG_LOCAL7
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reserved for local use
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.TP
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.B LOG_LPR
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line printer subsystem
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.TP
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.B LOG_MAIL
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mail subsystem
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.TP
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.B LOG_NEWS
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USENET news subsystem
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.TP
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.B LOG_SYSLOG
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messages generated internally by
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.B syslogd
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.TP
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.BR LOG_USER (default)
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generic user-level messages
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.TP
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.B LOG_UUCP
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UUCP subsystem
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.SS level
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This determines the importance of the message. The levels are, in order
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of decreasing importance:
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.TP
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.B LOG_EMERG
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system is unusable
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.TP
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.B LOG_ALERT
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action must be taken immediately
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.TP
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.B LOG_CRIT
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critical conditions
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.TP
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.B LOG_ERR
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error conditions
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.TP
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.B LOG_WARNING
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warning conditions
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.TP
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.B LOG_NOTICE
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normal, but significant, condition
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.TP
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.B LOG_INFO
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informational message
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.TP
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.B LOG_DEBUG
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debug-level message
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.SH HISTORY
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A
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.B syslog
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function call appeared in BSD 4.2.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.Xr logger 1 ,
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.Xr syslog.conf 5 ,
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.Xr syslogd 8 .
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.\" syslog.conf - syslogd(8) configuration file
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.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Martin Schulze <Martin.Schulze@Linux.DE>
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.\" Modified for Minix porting by G. Falzoni <gfalzoni@inwind.it>
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.\" This file is part of the sysklogd package, a kernel and system log daemon.
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.\"
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.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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.\" (at your option) any later version.
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.\"
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.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
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.\"
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.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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.\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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.\" Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
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.\"
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.\" Local macros
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.\" end local macros
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.TH SYSLOG.CONF 5 "1 January 1998"
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.SH NAME
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syslog.conf \- syslogd(8) configuration file
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.I syslog.conf
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file is the main configuration file for the
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.Xr syslogd 8
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which logs system messages on *nix systems. This file specifies rules
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for logging. For special features see the
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.Xr syslogd 8
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manpage.
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Every rule consists of two fields, a
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.I selector
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field and an
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.I action
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field. These two fields are separated by one or more tabs.
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The selector field specifies a pattern of facilities and
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priorities belonging to the specified action.
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Lines starting with a hash mark (``#'') and empty lines are ignored.
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.SH SELECTORS
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The selector field itself again consists of two parts, a
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.I facility
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and a
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.IR priority ,
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separated by a period (``.'').
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Both parts are case insensitive and can also be specified as decimal
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numbers, but don't do that, you have been warned. Both facilities and
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priorities are described in
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.BR syslog (3).
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The names mentioned below correspond to the similar
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.BR LOG_ -values
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in
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.IR /usr/include/syslog.h .
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The
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.I facility
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is one of the following keywords:
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.BR auth ", " authpriv ", " cron ", " daemon ", " kern ", " lpr ", "
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.BR mail ", " mark ", " news ", " security " (same as " auth "), "
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.BR syslog ", " user ", " uucp " and " local0 " through " local7 .
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The keyword
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.B security
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should not be used anymore and
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.B mark
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is only for internal use and therefore should not be used in
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applications. Anyway, you may want to specify and redirect these
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messages here. The
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.I facility
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specifies the subsystem that produced the message, i.e. all mail
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programs log with the mail facility
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.BR "" ( LOG_MAIL )
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if they log using syslog.
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The
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.I priority
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is one of the following keywords, in ascending order:
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.BR debug ", " info ", " notice ", " warning ", " warn " (same as "
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.BR warning "), " err ", " error " (same as " err "), " crit ", "
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.BR alert ", " emerg ", " panic " (same as " emerg ).
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The keywords
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.BR error ", " warn " and " panic
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are deprecated and should not be used anymore. The
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.I priority
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defines the severity of the message
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.PP
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The behavior of the original BSD syslogd is that all messages of the
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specified priority and higher are logged according to the given
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action. This
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.BR syslogd (8)
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behaves the same, but has some extensions.
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.PP
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In addition to the above mentioned names the
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.BR syslogd (8)
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understands the following extensions:
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.LB 5 "*" "An asterisk (``*'') before the period stands for all facilities.
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.LB 5 "none" "The keyword none stands for no priority of the given facility.
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.PP
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Multiple selectors may be specified for a single
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.I action
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using the semicolon (``;'') separator. Remember that each selector in
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the
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.I selector
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field is capable to overwrite the preceding ones. Using this
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behavior you can exclude some priorities from the pattern.
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.SH ACTIONS
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The action field of a rule describes the abstract term
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``logfile''. A ``logfile'' need not to be a real file, btw. The
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.Xr syslogd 8
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provides the following actions.
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.SS Regular File
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Typically messages are logged to real files. The file has to be
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specified with full pathname, beginning with a slash ``/''.
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.SS Terminal and Console
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If the file you specified is a tty, special tty-handling is done, same
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with
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.IR /dev/console .
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.SS Remote Machine
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This release does not implement
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remote logging, i.e. the ability to send messages to a remote host running
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.Xr syslogd 8 .
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To forward messages to another host, prepend the hostname
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with the at sign (``@'').
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.SS List of Users
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Usually critical messages are also directed to ``root'' on that
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machine. You can specify a list of users that shall get the message by
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simply writing the login. You may specify more than one user by
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separating them with commas (``,''). If they're logged in they
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get the message. Don't think a mail would be sent, that might be too
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late.
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.SS Everyone logged on
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Emergency messages often go to all users currently online to notify
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them that something strange is happening with the system. To specify
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this
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.IR wall (1)-feature
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use an asterisk (``*'').
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.SH EXAMPLES
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Here are some example, partially taken from a real existing site and
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configuration. Hopefully they rub out all questions to the
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configuration, if not, drop me (Joey) a line.
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.IP
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.nf
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# Store critical stuff in critical
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#
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*.crit /var/adm/critical
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.fi
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.LP
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This will store all messages with the priority
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.B crit
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in the file
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.IR /var/adm/critical .
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.IP
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.nf
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# The tcp wrapper loggs with mail.info, we display
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# all the connections on tty12
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#
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mail.info /dev/tty12
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.fi
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.LP
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This directs all messages that uses
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.BR mail.info " (in source " LOG_MAIL " | " LOG_INFO )
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to
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.IR /dev/tty12 ,
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the 12th console.
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.IP
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.nf
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# Log all mail.info and news.info messages to info
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#
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mail,news.info /var/adm/info
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.fi
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.LP
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This will extract all messages that come either with
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.BR mail.info " or with " news.info
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and store them in the file
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.IR /var/adm/info .
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.IP
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.nf
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# Emergency messages will be displayed using wall
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#
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*.emerg *
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.fi
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.LP
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This rule tells the
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.B syslogd
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to write all emergency messages to all currently logged in users. This
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is the wall action.
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.IP
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.nf
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# Messages of the priority alert will be directed
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# to the operator
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#
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*.alert root,joey
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.fi
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.LP
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This rule directs all messages with a priority of
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.B alert
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or higher to the terminals of the operator, i.e. of the users ``root''
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and ``joey'' if they're logged in.
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.IP
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.nf
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*.* @finlandia
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.fi
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.LP
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This rule would redirect all messages to a remote host called
|
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finlandia. This is useful especially in a cluster of machines where
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all syslog messages will be stored on only one machine.
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.SH FILES
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.I /etc/syslog.conf
|
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Configuration file for
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.B syslogd
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.SH BUGS
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The effects of multiple selectors are sometimes not intuitive. For
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example ``mail.crit,*.err'' will select ``mail'' facility messages at
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the level of ``err'' or higher, not at the level of ``crit'' or
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higher.
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.SH SEE ALSO
|
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.BR syslogd (8),
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.BR logger (1),
|
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.BR syslog (3)
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.SH AUTHORS
|
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The
|
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.B syslogd
|
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is taken from BSD sources, Greg Wettstein (greg@wind.rmcc.com)
|
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performed the port to Linux, Martin Schulze (joey@linux.de)
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made some bugfixes and added some new features.
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211
man/man8/syslogd.8
Normal file
211
man/man8/syslogd.8
Normal file
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@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
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.\" Copyright 1994 Dr. Greg Wettstein, Enjellic Systems Development.
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.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
|
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.\" Sun Aug 30 11:35:55 MET: Martin Schulze: Updates
|
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.\"
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.\" from SYSKLOGD 8 "13 December 1995" "Version 1.3" "Linux System Administration"
|
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.\" Modified for Minix porting by G. Falzoni <gfalzoni@inwind.it>
|
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.\" $Id$
|
||||
.\"
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||||
.\" Local macros
|
||||
.de Xr
|
||||
.BR \\$1 (\\$2)\\$3
|
||||
..
|
||||
.de LB
|
||||
.TP \\$1
|
||||
\\fB\\$2\\fR
|
||||
\\$3
|
||||
..
|
||||
.de LI
|
||||
.TP \\$1
|
||||
\\fI\\$2\\fR
|
||||
\\$3
|
||||
..
|
||||
.de LR
|
||||
.TP \\$1
|
||||
\\fR\\$2\\fR
|
||||
\\$3
|
||||
..
|
||||
.\" end local macros
|
||||
.TH SYSLOGD 8 "Jan. 23, 2000"
|
||||
.SH NAME
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
syslogd \- system logging daemon.
|
||||
.SH SYNOPSIS
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
.B syslogd
|
||||
.RB [ " \-d " ]
|
||||
.RB [ " \-f "
|
||||
.I config file
|
||||
]
|
||||
.RB [ " \-m "
|
||||
.I interval
|
||||
]
|
||||
.RB [ " \-p"
|
||||
.IB port
|
||||
]
|
||||
.RB [ " \-v " ]
|
||||
.LP
|
||||
.SH DESCRIPTION
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
System logging is provided by a version of
|
||||
.BR syslogd (8)
|
||||
derived from the
|
||||
stock BSD sources.
|
||||
.B Syslogd
|
||||
provides the kind of logging that many modern programs use. Every logged
|
||||
message contains at least a time, a hostname field and a
|
||||
program name field, but that depends on how trusty the logging
|
||||
program is.
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
While the syslogd sources have been heavily modified a couple of notes
|
||||
are necessary. First of all there has been a systematic attempt to
|
||||
insure that syslogd follows the default, standard BSD behavior.
|
||||
The second important concept to note is that this version of syslogd
|
||||
interacts transparently with the version of syslog found in the
|
||||
standard libraries, so you must insure that the correct versions are installed.
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
The main configuration file
|
||||
.I /etc/syslog.conf
|
||||
or an alternative file, given with the
|
||||
.B "\-f"
|
||||
option, is read at startup. Any line that begins with the hash mark
|
||||
(``#'') and empty lines are ignored. If an error occurs during parsing
|
||||
the whole line is ignored.
|
||||
.SH OPTIONS
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
.LB 9 "-d" "Turns on debug mode.
|
||||
When using debug mode, the daemon will not proceed to
|
||||
.BR fork (2)
|
||||
to set itself in the background, but will stay in the
|
||||
foreground and write much debug information on the current tty. See the
|
||||
DEBUGGING section for more information.
|
||||
.LB 9 "\-f config file" "Specify an alternative configuration file instead of
|
||||
.IR /etc/syslog.conf ","
|
||||
which is the default.
|
||||
.LB 9 "\-m interval" "The syslogd logs a mark timestamp regularly. The default
|
||||
.I interval
|
||||
between two
|
||||
.I \-\- MARK \-\-
|
||||
lines is 20 minutes. This can be changed with this option.
|
||||
.LB 9 "\-p port" "You can specify an alternative port instead of
|
||||
.I syslog/udp
|
||||
default service.
|
||||
.LB 9 "\-v" "Print version and exit.
|
||||
.SH SIGNALS
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
.B Syslogd
|
||||
reacts to a set of signals. You may easily send a signal to it
|
||||
using the following:
|
||||
.IP
|
||||
kill -SIGNAL `cat /usr/run/syslogd.pid`
|
||||
.LB 9 SIGHUP "This lets syslogd perform a re-initialization.
|
||||
All open files are closed, the configuration file (default
|
||||
is '/etc/syslog.conf') will be reread.
|
||||
.LB 9 SIGTERM "The syslogd will die.
|
||||
.LB 9 "SIGINT SIGQUIT" "If debugging is enabled these are ignored, otherwise
|
||||
syslogd will die.
|
||||
.LB 9 SIGALRM "Every time syslogd receives this signal it will log
|
||||
the mark line. Normally this is done by
|
||||
.Xr alarm 2 .
|
||||
.SH CONFIGURATION FILE SYNTAX DIFFERENCES
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
.B Syslogd
|
||||
uses a slightly different syntax for its configuration file than
|
||||
the original BSD sources. Originally all messages of a specific priority
|
||||
and above were forwarded to the log file.
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
For example see the following sample file
|
||||
.IP
|
||||
## Sample syslog.conf
|
||||
|
||||
## Emergency messages (system may be unusable)
|
||||
.br
|
||||
*.emerg *
|
||||
.br
|
||||
*.alert /dev/log
|
||||
|
||||
## High severity errors
|
||||
.br
|
||||
*.alert;*.crit /usr/adm/syslog
|
||||
|
||||
## every other message (errors/warning and informational)
|
||||
.br
|
||||
*.info;*.notice;*.warning;*.err /usr/adm/messages
|
||||
.br
|
||||
*.debug /usr/adm/debug
|
||||
|
||||
.SH SUPPORT FOR REMOTE LOGGING
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
Not implemented.
|
||||
.SH OUTPUT TO NAMED PIPES (FIFOs)
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
Not implemented.
|
||||
.SH INSTALLATION CONCERNS
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
There is probably one important consideration when installing this
|
||||
version of syslogd. This version of syslogd is dependent on proper
|
||||
formatting of messages by the syslog function.
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
.B Syslogd
|
||||
should be started by the rc sequence.
|
||||
.SH DEBUGGING
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
When debugging is turned on using
|
||||
.B "\-d"
|
||||
option and syslogd is compiled with debug=1 then syslogd
|
||||
will be very verbose by writing much of what it does on stdout.
|
||||
Whenever
|
||||
the configuration file is reread and re-parsed you'll see a tabular,
|
||||
corresponding to the internal data structure. This tabular consists of
|
||||
four fields:
|
||||
.TP
|
||||
.I number
|
||||
This field contains a serial number starting by zero. This number
|
||||
represents the position in the internal data structure (i.e. the
|
||||
array). If one number is left out then there might be an error in the
|
||||
corresponding line in
|
||||
.IR /etc/syslog.conf .
|
||||
.TP
|
||||
.I pattern
|
||||
This field is tricky and represents the internal structure
|
||||
exactly. Every column stands for a facility (refer to
|
||||
.BR syslog (3)).
|
||||
As you can see, there are still some facilities left free for former
|
||||
use, only the left most are used. Every field in a column represents
|
||||
the priorities (refer to
|
||||
.BR syslog (3)).
|
||||
.TP
|
||||
.I action
|
||||
This field describes the particular action that takes place whenever a
|
||||
message is received that matches the pattern. Refer to the
|
||||
.BR syslog.conf (5)
|
||||
manpage for all possible actions.
|
||||
.TP
|
||||
.I arguments
|
||||
This field shows additional arguments to the actions in the last
|
||||
field. For file-logging this is the filename for the logfile; for
|
||||
user-logging this is a list of users; for remote logging this is the
|
||||
hostname of the machine to log to; for console-logging this is the
|
||||
used console; for tty-logging this is the specified tty; wall has no
|
||||
additional arguments.
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
Note that if syslogd is compiled with debug=0 only a subset is printed.
|
||||
.SH FILES
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
.LR 28 /etc/syslog.conf "Configuration file for syslogd. See
|
||||
.Xr syslog.conf 5
|
||||
for exact information.
|
||||
.LR 28 /dev/log "The log device (console) for Minix.
|
||||
.LR 28 /usr/run/syslogd.pid "The file containing the process id of syslogd.
|
||||
.SH BUGS
|
||||
.PP
|
||||
If an error occurs in one line the whole rule is ignored.
|
||||
.B Syslogd
|
||||
doesn't change the filemode of opened logfiles at any stage of
|
||||
process. If a file is created it is world readable. If you want to
|
||||
avoid this, you have to create it and change permissions on your own.
|
||||
.SH SEE ALSO
|
||||
.BR syslog.conf (5),
|
||||
.BR logger (1),
|
||||
.BR syslog (3).
|
||||
.\" .BR services (5),
|
||||
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