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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1996-12-20 08:18:37 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1996-12-20 08:18:37 +0000
commit89a7d383490a22055248aa116aa1690b277564e6 (patch)
tree42565b95c1b21e82f1c0c295019ae7d3c2e2f35a
parent6e459476ce0c4f4d45c06bb0df2e2c05a3e087e0 (diff)
actually explain what -u does
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.814
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
index 223b7e67b07..e19cdca4a73 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Select the number of minutes between ``mark'' messages;
the default is 20 minutes.
.It Fl u
Select the historical ``insecure'' mode, in which syslogd will
-open a UDP socket and accept input over it as well.
+accept input from the UDP port.
Some software wants this, but you can be subjected to a variety of
attacks over the network, including attackers remotely filling logs.
.It Fl p
@@ -80,12 +80,18 @@ see
.Xr syslog.conf 5 .
.Pp
.Nm Syslogd
-reads messages from the
+opens an Internet domain socket as specified
+in
+.Pa /etc/services .
+Normally
+.Nm syslogd
+will only use this socket to send messages outwards, but in
+`insecure'' mode it will also read messages from this socket.
+.Nm Syslogd
+also opens and reads messages from the
.Tn UNIX
domain socket
.Pa /dev/log ,
-from an Internet domain socket specified in
-.Pa /etc/services ,
and from the special device
.Pa /dev/klog
(to read kernel messages).