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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1996-07-27 01:38:09 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1996-07-27 01:38:09 +0000 |
commit | 4a5e57d68db8d1f5480445886f89ae752571bdd2 (patch) | |
tree | e8b2c46df0b5e13d5f8bc086986797afc5efa902 /usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 | |
parent | fc67b63cc21c60b85da615291b5babca28a9f65a (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.8 | 14 |
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 |