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1 --- rsyslog/tools/rsyslog.conf.5 Thu Dec 1 02:26:19 2011 |
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2 +++ rsyslog/tools/rsyslog.conf.5 Fri May 25 11:09:56 2012 |
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4 .\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software |
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5 .\" Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA. |
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6 .\" |
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7 -.TH RSYSLOG.CONF 5 "11 July 2008" "Version 3.18.0" "Linux System Administration" |
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8 +.TH RSYSLOG.CONF 4 "16 May 2012" "Version 6.2.0" "File Formats" |
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9 .SH NAME |
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10 -rsyslog.conf \- rsyslogd(8) configuration file |
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11 +rsyslog.conf \- rsyslogd(1M) configuration file |
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12 .SH DESCRIPTION |
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13 The |
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14 .I rsyslog.conf |
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15 file is the main configuration file for the |
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16 -.BR rsyslogd (8) |
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17 +.BR rsyslogd (1M) |
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18 which logs system messages on *nix systems. This file specifies rules |
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19 for logging. For special features see the |
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20 -.BR rsyslogd (8) |
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21 -manpage. Rsyslog.conf is backward-compatible with sysklogd's syslog.conf file. So if you migrate |
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22 -from sysklogd you can rename it and it should work. |
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23 +.BR rsyslogd (1M) |
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24 +manpage. |
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25 |
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26 -.B Note that this version of rsyslog ships with extensive documentation in html format. |
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27 -This is provided in the ./doc subdirectory and probably |
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28 -in a separate package if you installed rsyslog via a packaging system. |
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29 To use rsyslog's advanced features, you |
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30 .B need |
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31 -to look at the html documentation, because the man pages only cover |
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32 -basic aspects of operation. |
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33 +to look at the online documentation at http://www.rsyslog.com/doc, |
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34 +because the man pages only cover basic aspects of operation. |
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35 |
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36 |
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37 .SH MODULES |
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39 priority and higher are logged according to the given action. Rsyslogd behaves |
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40 the same, but has some extensions. |
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41 |
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42 -In addition to the above mentioned names the rsyslogd(8) understands the |
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43 +In addition to the above mentioned names the rsyslogd(1M) understands the |
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44 following extensions: An asterisk ('*') stands for all facilities or all |
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45 priorities, depending on where it is used (before or after the period). The |
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46 keyword none stands for no priority of the given facility. |
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47 @@ -231,10 +227,10 @@ |
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48 .RE |
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49 |
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50 .SS Named pipes |
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51 -This version of rsyslogd(8) has support for logging output to named pipes (fifos). A fifo or |
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52 +This version of rsyslogd(1M) has support for logging output to named pipes (fifos). A fifo or |
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53 named pipe can be used as a destination for log messages by prepending a pipe symbol ('|') |
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54 to the name of the file. This is handy for debugging. Note that the fifo must be created with |
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55 -the mkfifo(1) command before rsyslogd(8) is started. |
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56 +the mkfifo(1) command before rsyslogd(1M) is started. |
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57 |
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58 .SS Terminal and console |
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59 If the file you specified is a tty, special tty-handling is done, same with /dev/console. |
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61 |
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62 Properties can be accessed by the property replacer (see there for details). |
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63 |
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64 -.B Please note that templates can also by used to generate selector lines with dynamic file names. |
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65 +.B Please note |
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66 +that templates can also be used to generate selector lines with dynamic file names. |
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67 For example, if you would like to split syslog messages from different hosts |
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68 to different files (one per host), you can define the following template: |
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69 |
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71 that several vendors have violated the sql standard and introduced their own |
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72 escape methods, it is impossible to have a single option doing all the work. |
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73 So you yourself must make sure you are using the right format. |
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74 -.B If you choose the wrong one, you are still vulnerable to sql injection. |
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75 +.B If you choose the wrong one, |
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76 +you are still vulnerable to sql injection. |
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77 |
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78 Please note that the database writer *checks* that the sql option is present |
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79 in the template. If it is not present, the write database action is disabled. |
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81 .B rsyslogd |
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82 |
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83 .SH SEE ALSO |
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84 -.BR rsyslogd (8), |
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85 +.BR rsyslogd (1M), |
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86 .BR logger (1), |
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87 -.BR syslog (3) |
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88 +.BR syslog (3C) |
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89 |
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90 The complete documentation can be found in the doc folder of the rsyslog distribution or online at |
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91 |