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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-01-05 09:45:50 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-01-05 09:45:50 +0000
commit78ef5fc6f1c064f145d680b5937ff85158d91193 (patch)
treedcca0e394b3d23ad5f49301828999efdc526750b /usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
parentd8e75f5141f22ca876f5cb9ed23bb594a91adcf0 (diff)
sort options and SYNOPSIS;
sync usage();
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
index f37aa8a1705..896998f6ed7 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: syslogd.8,v 1.19 2004/01/04 08:28:49 djm Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: syslogd.8,v 1.20 2004/01/05 09:45:49 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
.Nm syslogd
.Bk -words
.Op Fl dnu
+.Op Fl a Ar path
.Op Fl f Ar config_file
.Op Fl m Ar mark_interval
-.Op Fl a Ar path
.Op Fl p Ar log_socket
.Op Fl s Ar reporting_socket
.Ek
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ machines and/or users as specified by its configuration file.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl a Pa path
+Specify a location where
+.Nm
+should place an additional log socket.
+Up to about 20 additional logging sockets can be specified.
+The primary use for this is to place additional log sockets in
+.Pa /dev/log
+of various chroot filespaces.
.It Fl d
Enable debugging to the standard output,
and do not disassociate from the controlling terminal.
@@ -72,30 +80,22 @@ which can be useful when combined with the
option on a loghost with no DNS cache.
Messages from the local host will still be logged with
the symbolic local host name.
-.It Fl u
-Select the historical
-.Dq insecure
-mode, in which syslogd will
-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 Ar log_socket
Specify the pathname of an alternate log socket to be used instead;
the default is
.Pa /dev/log .
-.It Fl a Pa path
-Specify a location where
-.Nm
-should place an additional log socket.
-Up to about 20 additional logging sockets can be specified.
-The primary use for this is to place additional log sockets in
-.Pa /dev/log
-of various chroot filespaces.
.It Fl s Ar reporting_socket
Specify path to an
.Dv AF_LOCAL
socket for use in reporting logs stored in memory buffers using
.Xr syslogc 8 .
+.It Fl u
+Select the historical
+.Dq insecure
+mode, in which syslogd will
+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.
.El
.Pp
.Nm