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| 32 | .\" @(#)syslogd.8 6.10 (Berkeley) 3/16/91 |
| 33 | .\" |
| 34 | .Dd March 16, 1991 |
| 35 | .Dt SYSLOGD 8 |
| 36 | .Os BSD 4.2 |
| 37 | .Sh NAME |
| 38 | .Nm syslogd |
| 39 | .Nd log systems messages |
| 40 | .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| 41 | .Nm syslogd |
| 42 | .Op Fl f Ar config_file |
| 43 | .Op Fl m Ar mark_interval |
| 44 | .Op Fl p Ar log_socket |
| 45 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| 46 | .Nm Syslogd |
| 47 | reads and logs messages to the system console, log files, other |
| 48 | machines and/or users as specified by its configuration file. |
| 49 | The options are as follows: |
| 50 | .Bl -tag -width Ds |
| 51 | .It Fl f |
| 52 | Specify the pathname of an alternate configuration file; |
| 53 | the default is |
| 54 | .Pa /etc/syslog.conf . |
| 55 | .It Fl m |
| 56 | Select the number of minutes between ``mark'' messages; |
| 57 | the default is 20 minutes. |
| 58 | .It Fl p |
| 59 | Specify the pathname of an alternate log socket; |
| 60 | the default is |
| 61 | .Pa /dev/log . |
| 62 | .El |
| 63 | .Pp |
| 64 | .Nm Syslogd |
| 65 | reads its configuration file when it starts up and whenever it |
| 66 | receives a hangup signal. |
| 67 | For information on the format of the configuration file, |
| 68 | see |
| 69 | .Xr syslog.conf 5 . |
| 70 | .Pp |
| 71 | .Nm Syslogd |
| 72 | reads messages from the |
| 73 | .Tn UNIX |
| 74 | domain socket |
| 75 | .Pa /dev/log , |
| 76 | from an Internet domain socket specified in |
| 77 | .Pa /etc/services , |
| 78 | and from the special device |
| 79 | .Pa /dev/klog |
| 80 | (to read kernel messages). |
| 81 | .Pp |
| 82 | .Nm Syslogd |
| 83 | creates the file |
| 84 | .Pa /var/run/syslog.pid , |
| 85 | and stores its process |
| 86 | id there. |
| 87 | This can be used to kill or reconfigure |
| 88 | .Nm syslogd . |
| 89 | .Pp |
| 90 | The message sent to |
| 91 | .Nm syslogd |
| 92 | should consist of a single line. |
| 93 | The message can contain a priority code, which should be a preceding |
| 94 | decimal number in angle braces, for example, |
| 95 | .Sq Aq 5. |
| 96 | This priority code should map into the priorities defined in the |
| 97 | include file |
| 98 | .Aq Pa sys/syslog.h . |
| 99 | .Sh FILES |
| 100 | .Bl -tag -width /var/run/syslog.pid -compact |
| 101 | .It Pa /etc/syslog.conf |
| 102 | The configuration file. |
| 103 | .It Pa /var/run/syslog.pid |
| 104 | The process id of current |
| 105 | .Nm syslogd . |
| 106 | .It Pa /dev/log |
| 107 | Name of the |
| 108 | .Tn UNIX |
| 109 | domain datagram log socket. |
| 110 | .It Pa /dev/klog |
| 111 | The kernel log device. |
| 112 | .El |
| 113 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
| 114 | .Xr logger 1 , |
| 115 | .Xr syslog 3 , |
| 116 | .Xr services 5 , |
| 117 | .Xr syslog.conf 5 |
| 118 | .Sh HISTORY |
| 119 | The |
| 120 | .Nm |
| 121 | command appeared in |
| 122 | .Bx 4.3 . |