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diff --git a/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/syslogd/syslogd.8 deleted file mode 100644 index 3ec0959c3..000000000 --- a/syslogd/syslogd.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,122 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1986, 1991 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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software -.\" must display the following acknowledgement: -.\" This product includes software developed by the University of -.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. -.\" 4. 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. -.\" -.\" @(#)syslogd.8 6.10 (Berkeley) 3/16/91 -.\" -.Dd March 16, 1991 -.Dt SYSLOGD 8 -.Os BSD 4.2 -.Sh NAME -.Nm syslogd -.Nd log systems messages -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm syslogd -.Op Fl f Ar config_file -.Op Fl m Ar mark_interval -.Op Fl p Ar log_socket -.Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm 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: -.Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Fl f -Specify the pathname of an alternate configuration file; -the default is -.Pa /etc/syslog.conf . -.It Fl m -Select the number of minutes between ``mark'' messages; -the default is 20 minutes. -.It Fl p -Specify the pathname of an alternate log socket; -the default is -.Pa /dev/log . -.El -.Pp -.Nm 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 -.Xr syslog.conf 5 . -.Pp -.Nm Syslogd -reads messages from the -.Tn UNIX -domain socket -.Pa /dev/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 Syslogd -creates the file -.Pa /var/run/syslog.pid , -and stores its process -id there. -This can be used to kill or reconfigure -.Nm syslogd . -.Pp -The message sent to -.Nm 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, -.Sq Aq 5. -This priority code should map into the priorities defined in the -include file -.Aq Pa sys/syslog.h . -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /var/run/syslog.pid -compact -.It Pa /etc/syslog.conf -The configuration file. -.It Pa /var/run/syslog.pid -The process id of current -.Nm syslogd . -.It Pa /dev/log -Name of the -.Tn UNIX -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 -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Nm -command appeared in -.Bx 4.3 . |