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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-sysklogd" role="wrap" revision="sysv">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="sysklogd.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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12 | <productname>sysklogd</productname>
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13 | <productnumber>&sysklogd-version;</productnumber>
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14 | <address>&sysklogd-url;</address>
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15 | </sect1info>
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16 |
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17 | <title>Sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;</title>
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18 |
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19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd">
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20 | <primary sortas="a-Sysklogd">Sysklogd</primary>
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21 | </indexterm>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2 role="package">
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24 | <title/>
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25 |
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26 | <para>The sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages,
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27 | such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para>
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28 |
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29 | <segmentedlist>
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30 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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31 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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32 |
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33 | <seglistitem>
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34 | <seg>&sysklogd-fin-sbu;</seg>
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35 | <seg>&sysklogd-fin-du;</seg>
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36 | </seglistitem>
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37 | </segmentedlist>
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38 |
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39 | </sect2>
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40 |
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41 | <sect2 role="installation">
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42 | <title>Installation of Sysklogd</title>
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43 |
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44 | <para>First, fix problems that causes a segmentation fault under
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45 | some conditions in klogd and fix an obsolete program construct:</para>
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46 |
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47 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/Error loading kernel symbols/{n;n;d}' ksym_mod.c
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48 | sed -i 's/union wait/int/' syslogd.c</userinput></screen>
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49 |
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50 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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51 |
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52 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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53 |
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54 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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55 |
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56 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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57 |
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58 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make BINDIR=/sbin install</userinput></screen>
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59 |
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60 | </sect2>
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61 |
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62 | <sect2 id="conf-sysklogd" role="configuration">
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63 | <title>Configuring Sysklogd</title>
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64 |
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65 | <indexterm zone="conf-sysklogd">
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66 | <primary sortas="a-Sysklogd">Sysklogd</primary>
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67 | <secondary>configuring</secondary>
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68 | </indexterm>
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69 |
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70 | <indexterm zone="conf-sysklogd">
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71 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/syslog.conf">/etc/syslog.conf</primary>
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72 | </indexterm>
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73 |
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74 | <para>Create a new <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename> file by running the
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75 | following:</para>
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76 |
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77 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/syslog.conf << "EOF"
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78 | <literal># Begin /etc/syslog.conf
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79 |
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80 | auth,authpriv.* -/var/log/auth.log
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81 | *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/sys.log
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82 | daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log
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83 | kern.* -/var/log/kern.log
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84 | mail.* -/var/log/mail.log
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85 | user.* -/var/log/user.log
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86 | *.emerg *
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87 |
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88 | # End /etc/syslog.conf</literal>
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89 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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90 |
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91 | </sect2>
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92 |
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93 | <sect2 id="contents-sysklogd" role="content">
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94 | <title>Contents of Sysklogd</title>
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95 |
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96 | <segmentedlist>
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97 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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98 |
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99 | <seglistitem>
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100 | <seg>klogd and syslogd</seg>
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101 | </seglistitem>
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102 | </segmentedlist>
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103 |
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104 | <variablelist>
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105 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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106 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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107 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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108 |
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109 | <varlistentry id="klogd">
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110 | <term><command>klogd</command></term>
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111 | <listitem>
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112 | <para>A system daemon for intercepting and logging kernel messages</para>
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113 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd klogd">
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114 | <primary sortas="b-klogd">klogd</primary>
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115 | </indexterm>
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116 | </listitem>
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117 | </varlistentry>
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118 |
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119 | <varlistentry id="syslogd">
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120 | <term><command>syslogd</command></term>
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121 | <listitem>
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122 | <para>Logs the messages that system programs offer for logging [Every
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123 | logged message contains at least a date stamp and a hostname, and
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124 | normally the program's name too, but that depends on how trusting the
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125 | logging daemon is told to be.]</para>
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126 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd syslogd">
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127 | <primary sortas="b-syslogd">syslogd</primary>
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128 | </indexterm>
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129 | </listitem>
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130 | </varlistentry>
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131 |
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132 | </variablelist>
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133 |
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134 | </sect2>
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135 |
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136 | </sect1>
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