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3.7 KiB
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.\" @(#)syslogd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\"
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.TH SYSLOGD 8 "4 October 1997" GNO "System Administration"
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.SH NAME
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.BR syslogd
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\- log systems messages
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.BR syslogd
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[
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.BR -f
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.I config_file
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] [
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.BR -m
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.I mark_interval
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] [
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.BR -p
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.I log_socket
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR Syslogd
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reads and logs messages to the system console, log files, other
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machines and/or users as specified by its configuration file.
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The options are as follows:
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.RS
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.IP \fB-f\fR
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Specify the pathname of an alternate configuration file;
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the default is
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.BR /etc/syslog.conf .
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.IP \fB-m\fR
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Select the number of minutes between ``mark'' messages;
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the default is 20 minutes.
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.IP \fB-p\fR
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Specify the pathname of an alternate log socket;
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the default is
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.BR /dev/log .
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.RE
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.LP
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.BR Syslogd
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reads its configuration file when it starts up and whenever it
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receives a hangup signal.
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For information on the format of the configuration file,
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see
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.BR syslog.conf (5).
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.LP
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.BR Syslogd
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reads messages from the
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.B UNIX
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domain socket
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.BR /dev/log ,
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from an Internet domain socket specified in
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.BR /etc/services ,
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and from the special device
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.BR /dev/klog
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(to read kernel messages).
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.LP
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.BR Syslogd
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creates the file
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.BR /var/run/syslog.pid ,
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and stores its process
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id there.
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This can be used to kill or reconfigure
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.BR syslogd .
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.LP
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The message sent to
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.BR syslogd
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should consist of a single line.
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The message can contain a priority code, which should be a preceding
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decimal number in angle braces, for example,
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.BR 5 .
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This priority code should map into the priorities defined in the
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include file
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.BR <sys/syslog.h> .
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.SH FILES
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.RS
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.IP \fB/etc/syslog.conf\fR
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The configuration file.
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.IP \fB/var/run/syslog.pid\fR
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The process id of current
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.BR syslogd .
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.IP \fB/dev/log\fR
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Name of the
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.B UNIX
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domain datagram log socket.
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.IP \fB/dev/klog\fR
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The kernel log device.
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.RE
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR logger (1),
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.BR syslog (3),
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.BR services (5),
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.BR syslog.conf (5)
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.SH HISTORY
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The
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.BR syslogd
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command appeared in
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BSD 4.3.
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