diff --git a/syslog.conf.5 b/syslog.conf.5 index d490ed5..7aa3ccf 100644 --- a/syslog.conf.5 +++ b/syslog.conf.5 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" syslog.conf - syslogd(8) configuration file -.\" Copyright (c) 1995,2006 Joey Schulze +.\" Copyright (c) 1995-2007 Martin Schulze .\" .\" This file is part of the sysklogd package, a kernel and system log daemon. .\" @@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ This release of is able to understand an extended syntax. One rule can be divided into several lines if the leading line is terminated with an backslash (``\\''). - .SH SELECTORS The selector field itself again consists of two parts, a .I facility @@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ is one of the following keywords, in ascending order: .BR warning "), " err ", " error " (same as " err "), " crit ", " .BR alert ", " emerg ", " panic " (same as " emerg ). The keywords -.BR error ", " warn " and " panic +.BR warn ", " error " and " panic are deprecated and should not be used anymore. The .I priority defines the severity of the message @@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ Multiple selectors may be specified for a single using the semicolon (``;'') separator. Please note that each selector in the .I selector -field is capable to overwrite the preceding ones. Using this +field is capable of overwriting the preceding ones. Using this behavior you can exclude some priorities from the pattern. This @@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ you want to ignore only this single priority. If you use both extensions than the exclamation mark must occur before the equation sign, just use it intuitively. - .SH ACTIONS The action field of a rule describes the abstract term ``logfile''. A ``logfile'' need not to be a real file, btw. The @@ -198,10 +196,9 @@ administration needs. .SS List of Users Usually critical messages are also directed to ``root'' on that machine. You can specify a list of users that shall get the message by -simply writing the login. You may specify more than one user by -separating them with commas (``,''). If they're logged in they -get the message. Don't think a mail would be sent, that might be too -late. +simply writing the username. You may specify more than one user by +separating the usernames with commas (``,''). If they're logged in they +will receive the log messages. .SS Everyone logged on Emergency messages often go to all users currently online to notify @@ -209,10 +206,9 @@ them that something strange is happening with the system. To specify this .IR wall (1)-feature use an asterisk (``*''). - .SH EXAMPLES Here are some example, partially taken from a real existing site and -configuration. Hopefully they rub out all questions to the +configuration. Hopefully they rub out all questions on the configuration, if not, drop me (Joey) a line. .IP .nf @@ -265,7 +261,7 @@ and higher is excluded. .IP .nf -# The tcp wrapper loggs with mail.info, we display +# The tcp wrapper logs with mail.info, we display # all the connections on tty12 # mail.=info /dev/tty12 @@ -277,7 +273,7 @@ to .IR /dev/tty12 , the 12th console. For example the tcpwrapper .BR tcpd (8) -uses this as it's default. +uses this as its default. .IP .nf @@ -374,7 +370,6 @@ and ``joey'' if they're logged in. This rule would redirect all messages to a remote host called finlandia. This is useful especially in a cluster of machines where all syslog messages will be stored on only one machine. - .SH CONFIGURATION FILE SYNTAX DIFFERENCES .B Syslogd uses a slightly different syntax for its configuration file than @@ -392,23 +387,20 @@ the selector and the action field. .I /etc/syslog.conf Configuration file for .B syslogd - .SH BUGS The effects of multiple selectors are sometimes not intuitive. For example ``mail.crit,*.err'' will select ``mail'' facility messages at the level of ``err'' or higher, not at the level of ``crit'' or higher. - .SH SEE ALSO .BR sysklogd (8), .BR klogd (8), .BR logger (1), .BR syslog (2), -.BR syslog (3) - +.BR syslog (3). .SH AUTHORS The .B syslogd -is taken from BSD sources, Greg Wettstein (greg@wind.enjellic.com) -performed the port to Linux, Martin Schulze (joey@linux.de) -made some bugfixes and added some new features. +is taken from BSD sources, Greg Wettstein +performed the port to Linux, Martin Schulze +fixed some bugs, added several new features and took over maintenance.