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1 --- rsyslog/tools/rsyslogd.8 Mon Apr 18 06:36:33 2011 |
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2 +++ rsyslog/tools/rsyslogd.8 Fri May 25 11:13:23 2012 |
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4 +'\" te |
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5 .\" Copyright 2004-2008 Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon for the rsyslog modifications |
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6 .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License |
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7 .\" |
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8 -.TH RSYSLOGD 8 "29 July 2008" "Version 3.21.1" "Linux System Administration" |
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9 +.TH RSYSLOGD 1M "16 May 2012" "Version 6.2.0" "System Administration Commands" |
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10 .SH NAME |
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11 rsyslogd \- reliable and extended syslogd |
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12 .SH SYNOPSIS |
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14 unix domain sockets enables this utility to support both local |
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15 and remote logging. |
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16 |
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17 -.B Note that this version of rsyslog ships with extensive documentation in html format. |
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18 -This is provided in the ./doc subdirectory and probably |
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19 -in a separate package if you installed rsyslog via a packaging system. |
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20 To use rsyslog's advanced features, you |
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21 .B need |
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22 -to look at the html documentation, because the man pages only cover |
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23 +to look at the online documentation, because the man pages only cover |
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24 basic aspects of operation. |
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25 -.B For details and configuration examples, see the rsyslog.conf (5) |
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26 +.B For details and configuration examples, see the rsyslog.conf (4) |
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27 .B man page and the online documentation at http://www.rsyslog.com/doc |
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28 |
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29 -.BR Rsyslogd (8) |
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30 +.BR rsyslogd (1M) |
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31 is derived from the sysklogd package which in turn is derived from the |
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32 stock BSD sources. |
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33 |
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35 Avoid auto-backgrounding. This is needed especially if the |
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36 .B rsyslogd |
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37 is started and controlled by |
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38 -.BR init (8). |
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39 +.BR init (1M), |
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40 +which is not the case on Solaris. |
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41 .TP |
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42 .B "\-N " "level" |
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43 Do a coNfig check. Do NOT run in regular mode, just check configuration |
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44 @@ -181,9 +180,6 @@ |
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45 not specifying the -N option at all (so this makes limited sense) and |
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46 1 actually activates the code. Later, higher levels will mean more |
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47 verbosity (this is a forward-compatibility option). |
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48 -.B rsyslogd |
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49 -is started and controlled by |
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50 -.BR init (8). |
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51 .TP |
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52 .BI "\-q " "add hostname if DNS fails during ACL processing" |
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53 During ACL processing, hostnames are resolved to IP addresses for |
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54 @@ -257,7 +253,7 @@ |
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55 operation and should only be done when actually necessary. Actually, it is |
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56 a rsyslgod stop immediately followed by a restart. Future versions will remove |
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57 this restart functionality of HUP (it will go away in v5). So it is advised to use |
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58 -HUP only for closing files, and a "real restart" (e.g. /etc/rc.d/rsyslogd restart) |
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59 +HUP only for closing files, and a "real restart" (e.g. svcadm restart svc:/system/system-log:rsyslog) |
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60 to activate configuration changes. |
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61 .TP |
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62 .B TERM ", " INT ", " QUIT |
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64 The file containing the process id of |
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65 .BR rsyslogd . |
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66 .TP |
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67 -.I prefix/lib/rsyslog |
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68 +.I /usr/lib/rsyslog |
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69 Default directory for |
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70 .B rsyslogd |
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71 -modules. The |
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72 -.I prefix |
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73 -is specified during compilation (e.g. /usr/local). |
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74 +modules. |
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75 .SH ENVIRONMENT |
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76 .TP |
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77 .B RSYSLOG_DEBUG |
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79 .B RSYSLOG_MODDIR |
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80 Provides the default directory in which loadable modules reside. |
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81 .PD |
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82 -.SH BUGS |
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83 -Please review the file BUGS for up-to-date information on known |
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84 -bugs and annoyances. |
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85 .SH Further Information |
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86 Please visit |
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87 .BR http://www.rsyslog.com/doc |
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88 for additional information, tutorials and a support forum. |
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89 +.SH ATTRIBUTES |
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90 +.sp |
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91 +.LP |
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92 +See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: |
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93 +.sp |
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94 + |
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95 +.sp |
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96 +.TS |
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97 +tab() box; |
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98 +cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) |
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99 +lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) |
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100 +. |
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101 +ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE |
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102 +_ |
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103 +Availabilitypkg:/system/rsyslog |
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104 +_ |
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105 +Servicesvc:/system/system-log:rsyslog |
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106 +.TE |
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107 + |
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108 +.SH Solaris Usage |
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109 +The rsyslog instance of the system-log service is not enabled by default. |
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110 +To enable it, first "svcadm disable svc:/system/system-log:default", then |
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111 +"svcadm enable svc:/system/system-log:rsyslog". If you wish to enable log |
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112 +rotation, then add each file referenced in |
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113 +.BR rsyslog.conf(4) |
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114 +to /etc/logadm.conf. |
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115 .SH SEE ALSO |
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116 -.BR rsyslog.conf (5), |
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117 +.BR rsyslog.conf (4), |
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118 .BR logger (1), |
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119 -.BR syslog (2), |
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120 -.BR syslog (3), |
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121 -.BR services (5), |
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122 -.BR savelog (8) |
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123 +.BR syslog (3C), |
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124 +.BR services (4) |
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125 +.BR logadm.conf (4) |
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126 .LP |
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127 .SH COLLABORATORS |
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128 .B rsyslogd |