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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 | ]>
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6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-sysklogd" xreflabel="Sysklogd">
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7 | <title>Sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;</title>
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8 | <?dbhtml filename="sysklogd.html"?>
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9 |
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10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd"><primary sortas="a-Sysklogd">Sysklogd</primary></indexterm>
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11 |
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12 | <para>The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages, such
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13 | as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para>
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14 |
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15 | <screen>&buildtime; 0.1 SBU
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16 | &diskspace; 0.5 MB</screen>
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17 |
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18 | <para>Sysklogd installation depends on: Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Make.</para>
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19 |
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20 |
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21 | <sect2>
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22 | <title>Installation of Sysklogd</title>
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23 |
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24 | <para>Sysklogd has issues with the Linux 2.6 kernel series - fix these isues
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25 | by applying the following patch:</para>
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26 |
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27 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;-kernel-headers-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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28 |
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29 | <para>There is also a race condition in the signal handling logic, and this
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30 | sometimes confuses the <command>sysklogd</command> initscript.
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31 | Fix this bug by applying another patch:</para>
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32 |
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33 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;-signal-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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34 |
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35 | <para>Compile Sysklogd:</para>
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36 |
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37 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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38 |
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39 | <para>Now install it:</para>
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40 |
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41 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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42 |
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43 | </sect2>
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44 |
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45 |
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46 | <sect2 id="conf-sysklogd"><title>Configuring Sysklogd</title>
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47 | <indexterm zone="conf-sysklogd">
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48 | <primary sortas="a-Sysklogd">Sysklogd</primary>
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49 | <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>
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50 |
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51 | <indexterm zone="conf-sysklogd"><primary sortas="e-/etc/syslog.conf">/etc/syslog.conf</primary></indexterm>
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52 |
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53 | <para>Create a new <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename> file by running the
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54 | following:</para>
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55 |
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56 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/syslog.conf << "EOF"</userinput>
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57 | # Begin /etc/syslog.conf
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58 |
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59 | auth,authpriv.* -/var/log/auth.log
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60 | *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/sys.log
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61 | daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log
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62 | kern.* -/var/log/kern.log
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63 | mail.* -/var/log/mail.log
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64 | user.* -/var/log/user.log
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65 | *.emerg *
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66 |
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67 | # End /etc/syslog.conf
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68 | <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen>
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69 |
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70 | </sect2>
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71 |
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72 |
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73 | <sect2 id="contents-sysklogd"><title>Contents of Sysklogd</title>
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74 |
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75 | <para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: klogd and syslogd</para>
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76 |
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77 | </sect2>
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78 |
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79 |
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80 | <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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81 |
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82 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd klogd"><primary sortas="b-klogd">klogd</primary></indexterm>
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83 | <para id="klogd"><command>klogd</command> is a system daemon for intercepting and
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84 | logging kernel messages.</para>
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85 |
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86 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd syslogd"><primary sortas="b-syslogd">syslogd</primary></indexterm>
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87 | <para id="syslogd"><command>syslogd</command> logs the messages that system programs
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88 | offer for logging. Every logged message contains at least a date stamp and a
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89 | hostname, and normally the program's name too, but that depends on how
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90 | trusting the logging daemon is told to be.</para>
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91 |
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92 | </sect2>
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93 |
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94 |
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95 |
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96 | </sect1>
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