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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-02-11 02:28:35 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-02-11 02:28:35 +0000
commitb6943ba60e2778111412d36e23a780a2d29a5414 (patch)
treeaf6f4dfa36e624ea3160aba92a63f56bf896a22d /usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
parent6d277db87ac6e7207cdfd04bd5fe1b1d0ed391f7 (diff)
syslogd gets a new -a argument: specify additional AF_UNIX log devices
syslogd should create & listen to. As in "syslogd -a /chroot/dev/log", I'm sure you get the idea.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
index e19cdca4a73..8a54ba1f491 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
.Nd log systems messages
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm syslogd
-.Op Fl d
+.Op Fl du
.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 u
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Syslogd
reads and logs messages to the system console, log files, other
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ The options are as follows:
.It Fl d
Enable debugging to the standard output,
and do not disassociate from the controlling terminal.
-.It Fl f
+.It Fl f Ar config_file
Specify the pathname of an alternate configuration file;
the default is
.Pa /etc/syslog.conf .
-.It Fl m
+.It Fl m Ar mark_interval
Select the number of minutes between ``mark'' messages;
the default is 20 minutes.
.It Fl u
@@ -66,10 +66,18 @@ Select the historical ``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
-Specify the pathname of an alternate log socket;
+.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 syslogd
+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.
.El
.Pp
.Nm Syslogd