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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 index 756fe9f3ec5..d66a2cd01fc 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)syslog.conf.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 -.\" $OpenBSD: syslog.conf.5,v 1.16 2004/03/16 08:50:07 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: syslog.conf.5,v 1.17 2004/06/03 12:21:08 dhartmei Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: syslog.conf.5,v 1.4 1996/01/02 17:41:46 perry Exp $ .\" .Dd June 9, 1993 @@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ The tag is a line beginning with .Em !prog and each block will be associated with calls to syslog from that specific program. +When a messages matches multiple blocks, the action of each matching +block is taken. +.Em !!prog +causes the subsequent block to abort evaluation when a message matches, +ensuring that only a single action is taken. .Pp See .Xr syslog 3 @@ -227,6 +232,14 @@ configuration file. .Sh EXAMPLES A configuration file might appear as follows: .Bd -literal +# Log info (and higher) messages from spamd only to +# a dedicated file, discarding debug messages. +# Matching messages abort evaluation of further rules. +!!spamd +daemon.info /var/log/spamd +daemon.debug /dev/null +!* + # Log all kernel messages, authentication messages of # level notice or higher and anything of level err or # higher to the console. |