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NAME
syslogd
- log systems messages
SYNOPSIS
syslogd
[-f config_file
]
[-m mark_interval
]
[-p log_socket
]
DESCRIPTION
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:
- -f
-
Specify the pathname of an alternate configuration file;
the default is
/etc/syslog.conf
- -m
-
Select the number of minutes between ``mark'' messages;
the default is 20 minutes.
- -p
-
Specify the pathname of an alternate log socket;
the default is
/dev/log
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
syslog.conf5.
Syslogd
reads messages from the
UNIX
domain socket
/dev/log
from an Internet domain socket specified in
/etc/services
and from the special device
/dev/klog
(to read kernel messages).
Syslogd
creates the file
/var/run/syslog.pid
and stores its process
id there.
This can be used to kill or reconfigure
syslogd
The message sent to
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,
`Aq 5.
'
This priority code should map into the priorities defined in the
include file
Aq Pa sys/syslog.h .
FILES
- /etc/syslog.conf
-
The configuration file.
- /var/run/syslog.pid
-
The process id of current
syslogd
- /dev/log
-
Name of the
UNIX
domain datagram log socket.
- /dev/klog
-
The kernel log device.
SEE ALSO
logger(1),
syslog(3),
services(5),
syslog.conf5
HISTORY
The
syslogd
command appeared in
BSD 4.3
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