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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 index faffac7088e..56069bfea88 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: syslogd.8,v 1.48 2016/09/23 19:05:55 bluhm Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: syslogd.8,v 1.49 2016/09/24 11:30:59 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" from: @(#)syslogd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $NetBSD: syslogd.8,v 1.3 1996/01/02 17:41:48 perry Exp $ .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: September 23 2016 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: September 24 2016 $ .Dt SYSLOGD 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ .Ek .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm -reads and logs messages to the system console, log files, pipes to -other programs, other machines and/or users as specified by its -configuration file. +writes system messages to log files or a user's terminal. +Output can be sent to other programs +for further processing. +It can also securely send and receive log messages +to and from remote hosts. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds |