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| .\" @(#)syslogd.8 6.10 (Berkeley) 3/16/91 |
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| .Dd March 16, 1991 |
| .Dt SYSLOGD 8 |
| .Os BSD 4.2 |
| .Sh NAME |
| .Nm syslogd |
| .Nd log systems messages |
| .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| .Nm syslogd |
| .Op Fl f Ar config_file |
| .Op Fl m Ar mark_interval |
| .Op Fl p Ar log_socket |
| .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| .Nm Syslogd |
| reads and logs messages to the system console, log files, other |
| machines and/or users as specified by its configuration file. |
| The options are as follows: |
| .Bl -tag -width Ds |
| .It Fl f |
| Specify the pathname of an alternate configuration file; |
| the default is |
| .Pa /etc/syslog.conf . |
| .It Fl m |
| Select the number of minutes between ``mark'' messages; |
| the default is 20 minutes. |
| .It Fl p |
| Specify the pathname of an alternate log socket; |
| the default is |
| .Pa /dev/log . |
| .El |
| .Pp |
| .Nm Syslogd |
| reads its configuration file when it starts up and whenever it |
| receives a hangup signal. |
| For information on the format of the configuration file, |
| see |
| .Xr syslog.conf 5 . |
| .Pp |
| .Nm Syslogd |
| reads messages from the |
| .Tn UNIX |
| domain socket |
| .Pa /dev/log , |
| from an Internet domain socket specified in |
| .Pa /etc/services , |
| and from the special device |
| .Pa /dev/klog |
| (to read kernel messages). |
| .Pp |
| .Nm Syslogd |
| creates the file |
| .Pa /var/run/syslog.pid , |
| and stores its process |
| id there. |
| This can be used to kill or reconfigure |
| .Nm syslogd . |
| .Pp |
| The message sent to |
| .Nm syslogd |
| should consist of a single line. |
| The message can contain a priority code, which should be a preceding |
| decimal number in angle braces, for example, |
| .Sq Aq 5. |
| This priority code should map into the priorities defined in the |
| include file |
| .Aq Pa sys/syslog.h . |
| .Sh FILES |
| .Bl -tag -width /var/run/syslog.pid -compact |
| .It Pa /etc/syslog.conf |
| The configuration file. |
| .It Pa /var/run/syslog.pid |
| The process id of current |
| .Nm syslogd . |
| .It Pa /dev/log |
| Name of the |
| .Tn UNIX |
| domain datagram log socket. |
| .It Pa /dev/klog |
| The kernel log device. |
| .El |
| .Sh SEE ALSO |
| .Xr logger 1 , |
| .Xr syslog 3 , |
| .Xr services 5 , |
| .Xr syslog.conf 5 |
| .Sh HISTORY |
| The |
| .Nm |
| command appeared in |
| .Bx 4.3 . |