components/rsyslog/patches/tools-rsyslog.conf.patch
author John Beck <John.Beck@Oracle.COM>
Thu, 31 May 2012 17:02:32 -0700
changeset 847 4ae04177ffa1
permissions -rw-r--r--
PSARC 2012/197 rsyslog 4269283 RFE for syslogd to run over tcp with message sequencing 6869456 Syslog should support RFC 5424 7169028 ipmievd depends on system-log:default instance instead of just system-log service

--- rsyslog/tools/rsyslog.conf.5	Thu Dec  1 02:26:19 2011
+++ rsyslog/tools/rsyslog.conf.5	Fri May 25 11:09:56 2012
@@ -17,27 +17,23 @@
 .\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 .\" Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
 .\"
-.TH RSYSLOG.CONF 5 "11 July 2008" "Version 3.18.0" "Linux System Administration"
+.TH RSYSLOG.CONF 4 "16 May 2012" "Version 6.2.0" "File Formats"
 .SH NAME
-rsyslog.conf \- rsyslogd(8) configuration file
+rsyslog.conf \- rsyslogd(1M) configuration file
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .I rsyslog.conf
 file is the main configuration file for the
-.BR rsyslogd (8)
+.BR rsyslogd (1M)
 which logs system messages on *nix systems.  This file specifies rules
 for logging.  For special features see the
-.BR rsyslogd (8)
-manpage. Rsyslog.conf is backward-compatible with sysklogd's syslog.conf file. So if you migrate
-from sysklogd you can rename it and it should work.
+.BR rsyslogd (1M)
+manpage.
 
-.B Note that this version of rsyslog ships with extensive documentation in html format.
-This is provided in the ./doc subdirectory and probably
-in a separate package if you installed rsyslog via a packaging system.
 To use rsyslog's advanced features, you
 .B need
-to look at the html documentation, because the man pages only cover
-basic aspects of operation.
+to look at the online documentation at http://www.rsyslog.com/doc,
+because the man pages only cover basic aspects of operation.
 
 
 .SH MODULES
@@ -184,7 +180,7 @@
 priority and higher are logged according to the given action. Rsyslogd behaves
 the same, but has some extensions.
 
-In addition to the above mentioned names the rsyslogd(8) understands the
+In addition to the above mentioned names the rsyslogd(1M) understands the
 following extensions: An asterisk ('*') stands for all facilities or all
 priorities, depending on where it is used (before or after the period). The
 keyword none stands for no priority of the given facility.
@@ -231,10 +227,10 @@
 .RE
 
 .SS Named pipes
-This version of rsyslogd(8) has support for logging output to named pipes (fifos). A fifo or 
+This version of rsyslogd(1M) has support for logging output to named pipes (fifos). A fifo or 
 named pipe can be used as a destination for log messages by prepending a pipe symbol ('|') 
 to the name of the file. This is handy for debugging. Note that the fifo must be created with 
-the mkfifo(1) command before rsyslogd(8) is started.
+the mkfifo(1) command before rsyslogd(1M) is started.
 
 .SS Terminal and console
 If the file you specified is a tty, special tty-handling is done, same with /dev/console.
@@ -426,7 +422,8 @@
 
 Properties can be accessed by the property replacer (see there for details).
 
-.B Please note that templates can also by used to generate selector lines with dynamic file names.
+.B Please note
+that templates can also be used to generate selector lines with dynamic file names.
 For example, if you would like to split syslog messages from different hosts 
 to different files (one per host), you can define the following template:
 
@@ -472,7 +469,8 @@
 that several vendors have violated the sql standard and introduced their own 
 escape methods, it is impossible to have a single option doing all the work.  
 So you yourself must make sure you are using the right format.
-.B If you choose the wrong one, you are still vulnerable to sql injection.
+.B If you choose the wrong one,
+you are still vulnerable to sql injection.
 
 Please note that the database writer *checks* that the sql option is present 
 in the template. If it is not present, the write database action is disabled. 
@@ -758,9 +756,9 @@
 .B rsyslogd
 
 .SH SEE ALSO
-.BR rsyslogd (8),
+.BR rsyslogd (1M),
 .BR logger (1),
-.BR syslog (3)
+.BR syslog (3C)
 
 The complete documentation can be found in the doc folder of the rsyslog distribution or online at