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--- rsyslog/tools/rsyslog.conf.5 Thu Dec 1 02:26:19 2011
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+++ rsyslog/tools/rsyslog.conf.5 Fri May 25 11:09:56 2012
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.\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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.\" Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
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.\"
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-.TH RSYSLOG.CONF 5 "11 July 2008" "Version 3.18.0" "Linux System Administration"
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+.TH RSYSLOG.CONF 4 "16 May 2012" "Version 6.2.0" "File Formats"
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.SH NAME
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-rsyslog.conf \- rsyslogd(8) configuration file
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+rsyslog.conf \- rsyslogd(1M) configuration file
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.I rsyslog.conf
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file is the main configuration file for the
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-.BR rsyslogd (8)
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+.BR rsyslogd (1M)
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which logs system messages on *nix systems. This file specifies rules
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for logging. For special features see the
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-.BR rsyslogd (8)
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-manpage. Rsyslog.conf is backward-compatible with sysklogd's syslog.conf file. So if you migrate
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-from sysklogd you can rename it and it should work.
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+.BR rsyslogd (1M)
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+manpage.
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-.B Note that this version of rsyslog ships with extensive documentation in html format.
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-This is provided in the ./doc subdirectory and probably
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-in a separate package if you installed rsyslog via a packaging system.
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To use rsyslog's advanced features, you
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.B need
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-to look at the html documentation, because the man pages only cover
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-basic aspects of operation.
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+to look at the online documentation at http://www.rsyslog.com/doc,
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+because the man pages only cover basic aspects of operation.
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.SH MODULES
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priority and higher are logged according to the given action. Rsyslogd behaves
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the same, but has some extensions.
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-In addition to the above mentioned names the rsyslogd(8) understands the
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+In addition to the above mentioned names the rsyslogd(1M) understands the
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following extensions: An asterisk ('*') stands for all facilities or all
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priorities, depending on where it is used (before or after the period). The
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keyword none stands for no priority of the given facility.
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.RE
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.SS Named pipes
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-This version of rsyslogd(8) has support for logging output to named pipes (fifos). A fifo or
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+This version of rsyslogd(1M) has support for logging output to named pipes (fifos). A fifo or
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named pipe can be used as a destination for log messages by prepending a pipe symbol ('|')
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to the name of the file. This is handy for debugging. Note that the fifo must be created with
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-the mkfifo(1) command before rsyslogd(8) is started.
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+the mkfifo(1) command before rsyslogd(1M) is started.
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.SS Terminal and console
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If the file you specified is a tty, special tty-handling is done, same with /dev/console.
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Properties can be accessed by the property replacer (see there for details).
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-.B Please note that templates can also by used to generate selector lines with dynamic file names.
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+.B Please note
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+that templates can also be used to generate selector lines with dynamic file names.
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For example, if you would like to split syslog messages from different hosts
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to different files (one per host), you can define the following template:
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that several vendors have violated the sql standard and introduced their own
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escape methods, it is impossible to have a single option doing all the work.
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So you yourself must make sure you are using the right format.
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-.B If you choose the wrong one, you are still vulnerable to sql injection.
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+.B If you choose the wrong one,
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+you are still vulnerable to sql injection.
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Please note that the database writer *checks* that the sql option is present
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in the template. If it is not present, the write database action is disabled.
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.B rsyslogd
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.SH SEE ALSO
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-.BR rsyslogd (8),
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+.BR rsyslogd (1M),
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.BR logger (1),
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-.BR syslog (3)
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+.BR syslog (3C)
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The complete documentation can be found in the doc folder of the rsyslog distribution or online at
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