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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man8/syslogd.8 | |
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man8/syslogd.8 b/static/netbsd/man8/syslogd.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f928a138 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man8/syslogd.8 @@ -0,0 +1,307 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: syslogd.8,v 1.61 2025/06/05 14:47:13 christos Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)syslogd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd June 5, 2025 +.Dt SYSLOGD 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm syslogd +.Nd log systems messages +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl knrSsTUvX +.Op Fl B Ar buffer_length +.Op Fl b Ar bind_address +.Op Fl d Op Oo Cm \&~ Oc Ns Ar what +.Op Fl f Ar config_file +.Op Fl g Ar group +.Op Fl m Ar mark_interval +.Op Fl o Ar output_format +.Op Fl P Ar file_list +.Oo +.Fl p Ar log_socket +.Op Fl p Ar log_socket2 ... +.Oc +.Op Fl t Ar chroot_dir +.Op Fl u Ar user +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +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 15n +.It Fl B Ar buffer_length +Sets the receiving buffer length. +The default is 16384 bytes. +If syslogd reports buffer overflow, this needs increasing. +If you don't care about it being reported, see the +.Fl X +option. +.It Fl b Ar bind_address +Specify one specific IP address or hostname to bind to. +If a hostname is specified, the IPv4 or IPv6 address +which corresponds to it is used. +.It Fl d Op Oo Cm \&~ Oc Ns Ar what +Do not disassociate from the controlling terminal and +enable debugging to the standard output. +The optional +.Ar what +argument is a number that selects which categories of the debug +messages are to be enabled. +A tilde +.Pq Sq Cm \&~ +before +.Ar what +inverts its meaning so that all messages except those selected by +.Ar what +are enabled. +.It Fl f Ar config_file +Specify the pathname of an alternative configuration file; +the default is +.Pa /etc/syslog.conf . +.It Fl g Ar group +Set GID to +.Ar group +after the sockets and log files have been opened. +.It Fl k +Disable the translation of (remote) messages received with facility +.Dq kern +to facility +.Dq user . +Usually the +.Dq kern +facility is reserved for messages read directly from +.Pa /dev/klog . +.It Fl m Ar mark_interval +Select the number of minutes between ``mark'' messages; +the default is 20 minutes. +.It Fl n +Do not perform hostname lookups; report only numeric addresses. +.It Fl o Ar output_format +Select output message format. +.Bl -hang +.It Em bsd , rfc3164 +traditional BSD Syslog format (default) +.It Em syslog , rfc5424 +new syslog-protocol format +.El +.It Fl P +Specify the pathname of a file containing a list of sockets to be +created. +The format of the file is simply one socket per line. +.It Fl p Ar log_socket +Specify the pathname of a log socket. +Multiple +.Fl p +options create multiple log sockets. +If no +.Fl p +arguments are given, the default socket of +.Pa /var/run/log +is used. +.It Fl r +Disable the compression of repeated instances of the same line +into a single line of the form +.Dq last message repeated N times . +.It Fl S +Sync kernel messages to disk immediately. +.It Fl s +Select +.Dq secure +mode, in which +.Nm +does not listen on a UDP socket but only communicates over a +.Ux +domain socket. +This is valuable when the machine on +which +.Nm +runs is subject to attack over the network and it is desired +that the machine be protected from attempts to remotely fill logs +and similar attacks. +.It Fl T +Always use the local time and date for messages received from the +network, instead of the timestamp field supplied in the message +by the remote host. +This is useful if some of the originating hosts can't keep time +properly or are unable to generate a correct timestamp. +.It Fl t Ar chroot_dir +.Xr chroot 2 +to +.Ar chroot_dir +after the sockets and log files have been opened. +.It Fl U +Unique priority logging. +Only log messages at the priority specified by the selector in the +configuration file. +Without this option, messages at the specified priority or higher are +logged. +This option changes the default priority comparison from +.Sq >= +to +.Sq = . +.It Fl u Ar user +Set UID to +.Ar user +after the sockets and log files have been opened. +.It Fl v +Verbose logging. +If specified once, the numeric facility and priority are logged with +each locally-written message. +If specified more than once, the names of the facility and priority are +logged with each locally-written message. +.It Fl X +Disable logging of buffer overflow. +.El +.Pp +.Nm +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 +reads messages from the +.Ux +domain socket +.Pa /var/run/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 +creates the file +.Pa /var/run/syslogd.pid , +and stores its process +id there. +This can be used to kill or reconfigure +.Nm . +.Pp +By using multiple +.Fl p +options, one can set up many chroot environments by passing the pathname +to the log socket +.Pa ( /var/run/log ) +in each chroot area to +.Nm . +For example: +.Dl syslogd -p /var/run/log -p /web/var/run/log -p /ftp/var/run/log +.Pp +Note: the normal log socket must now also be passed to +.Nm . +.Pp +The logged message includes the date, time, and hostname (or pathname of +the log socket). +Commonly, the program name and the process id is included. +.Pp +The date and time are taken from the received message. +If the format of the timestamp field is incorrect, time obtained from +the local host is used instead. +This can be overridden by the +.Fl T +flag. +.Pp +Accesses from UDP socket can be filtered by libwrap configuration files, like +.Pa /etc/hosts.deny . +Specify +.Dq Li syslogd +in +.Ar daemon_list +portion of the configuration files. +Refer to +.Xr hosts_access 5 +for details. +.Ss SYSLOG PROTOCOL NOTES +.Nm +accepts messages in traditional BSD Syslog or in newer Syslog Protocol +format. +See RFC 3164 (BSD Syslog) and RFC 5424 (Syslog Protocol) for detailed +description of the message format. +Messages from the local kernel that are not tagged with a priority code +receive the default facility +.Dv LOG_KERN +and priority +.Dv LOG_NOTICE . +All other untagged messages receive the default facility +.Dv LOG_USER +and priority +.Dv LOG_NOTICE . +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /var/run/syslogd.pid -compact +.It Pa /etc/syslog.conf +The configuration file. +.It Pa /var/run/syslogd.pid +The process id of current +.Nm . +.It Pa /var/run/log +Name of the +.Ux +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 , +.Xr newsyslog 8 +.Rs +.%R RFC +.%N 3164 +.%D August 2001 +.%T The BSD syslog Protocol +.Re +.Rs +.%R RFC +.%N 5424 +.%D March 2009 +.%T The Syslog Protocol +.Re +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.3 . +Support for multiple log sockets appeared in +.Nx 1.4 . +libwrap support appeared in +.Nx 1.6 . +Support for RFC 5424, TLS encryption and authentication, signed messages +appeared in +.Nx 6.0 . +.Sh CAVEATS +.Nm +does not create files, +it only logs to existing ones. |
