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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-sysklogd" xreflabel="Sysklogd" role="wrap"> |
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="sysklogd.html"?> |
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10 | |
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11 | <title>Sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;</title> |
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12 | |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd"> |
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Sysklogd">Sysklogd</primary> |
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15 | </indexterm> |
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16 | |
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17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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18 | <title/> |
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19 | |
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20 | <para>The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages, |
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21 | such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para> |
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22 | |
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23 | </sect2> |
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24 | |
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25 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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26 | <title>Installation of Sysklogd</title> |
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27 | |
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28 | <para os="a">The following patch fixes various issues, including a |
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29 | problem building Sysklogd with Linux 2.6 series kernels:</para> |
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30 | |
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31 | <screen os="b"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&sysklogd-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen> |
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32 | |
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33 | <para os="c">Compile the package:</para> |
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34 | |
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35 | <screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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36 | |
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37 | <para os="e">This package does not come with a test suite.</para> |
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38 | |
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39 | <para os="f">Install the package:</para> |
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40 | |
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41 | <screen os="g"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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42 | |
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43 | </sect2> |
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44 | |
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45 | <sect2 id="conf-sysklogd" role="configuration"> |
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46 | <title>Configuring Sysklogd</title> |
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47 | |
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48 | <indexterm zone="conf-sysklogd"> |
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49 | <primary sortas="a-Sysklogd">Sysklogd</primary> |
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50 | <secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> |
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51 | |
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52 | <indexterm zone="conf-sysklogd"> |
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53 | <primary sortas="e-/etc/syslog.conf">/etc/syslog.conf</primary> |
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54 | </indexterm> |
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55 | |
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56 | <para>Create a new <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename> file by running |
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57 | the following:</para> |
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58 | |
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59 | <screen><userinput>cat > /etc/syslog.conf << "EOF" |
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60 | <literal># Begin /etc/syslog.conf |
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61 | |
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62 | auth,authpriv.* -/var/log/auth.log |
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63 | *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/sys.log |
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64 | daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log |
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65 | kern.* -/var/log/kern.log |
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66 | mail.* -/var/log/mail.log |
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67 | user.* -/var/log/user.log |
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68 | *.emerg * |
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69 | |
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70 | # log the bootscript output: |
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71 | local2.* -/var/log/boot.log |
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72 | |
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73 | # End /etc/syslog.conf</literal> |
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74 | EOF</userinput></screen> |
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75 | |
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76 | </sect2> |
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77 | |
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78 | <sect2 id="contents-sysklogd" role="content"> |
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79 | <title>Contents of Sysklogd</title> |
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80 | |
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81 | <segmentedlist> |
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82 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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83 | |
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84 | <seglistitem> |
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85 | <seg>klogd and syslogd</seg> |
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86 | </seglistitem> |
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87 | </segmentedlist> |
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88 | |
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89 | <variablelist> |
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90 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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91 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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92 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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93 | |
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94 | <varlistentry id="klogd"> |
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95 | <term><command>klogd</command></term> |
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96 | <listitem> |
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97 | <para>A system daemon for intercepting and logging kernel |
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98 | messages</para> |
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99 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd klogd"> |
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100 | <primary sortas="b-klogd">klogd</primary> |
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101 | </indexterm> |
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102 | </listitem> |
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103 | </varlistentry> |
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104 | |
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105 | <varlistentry id="syslogd"> |
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106 | <term><command>syslogd</command></term> |
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107 | <listitem> |
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108 | <para>Logs the messages that system programs offer for logging. |
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109 | Every logged message contains at least a date stamp and a hostname, |
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110 | and normally the program's name too, but that depends on how |
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111 | trusting the logging daemon is told to be.</para> |
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112 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd syslogd"> |
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113 | <primary sortas="b-syslogd">syslogd</primary> |
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114 | </indexterm> |
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115 | </listitem> |
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116 | </varlistentry> |
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117 | |
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118 | </variablelist> |
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119 | |
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120 | </sect2> |
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121 | |
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122 | </sect1> |
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