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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1996-07-27 01:38:09 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1996-07-27 01:38:09 +0000
commit4a5e57d68db8d1f5480445886f89ae752571bdd2 (patch)
treee8b2c46df0b5e13d5f8bc086986797afc5efa902 /usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
parentfc67b63cc21c60b85da615291b5babca28a9f65a (diff)
snprintf some more; also change -s to -u (-u is insecure mode, opens udp port)
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.814
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
index d6e931c13ee..223b7e67b07 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
.Op Fl f Ar config_file
.Op Fl m Ar mark_interval
.Op Fl p Ar log_socket
-.Op Fl s
+.Op Fl u
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Syslogd
reads and logs messages to the system console, log files, other
@@ -61,13 +61,11 @@ the default is
.It Fl m
Select the number of minutes between ``mark'' messages;
the default is 20 minutes.
-.It Fl s
-Select ``secure'' mode, in which syslogd does not open a UDP socket but
-only communicates over a UNIX domain socket.
-This is valuable when the machine on
-which syslogd runs is subject to attack over the network and it is desired
-that the machine be protected from attempts to remotely fill logs
-and similar attacks.
+.It Fl u
+Select the historical ``insecure'' mode, in which syslogd will
+open a UDP socket and accept input over it as well.
+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
Specify the pathname of an alternate log socket;
the default is