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	.\" @(#)syslogd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93			.\" @(#)syslogd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
	.\" $FreeBSD$			.\" $FreeBSD$
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	.Dd November 28, 2017			.Dd April 9, 2018
	.Dt SYSLOGD 8			.Dt SYSLOGD 8
	.Os			.Os
	.Sh NAME			.Sh NAME
	.Nm syslogd			.Nm syslogd
	.Nd log systems messages			.Nd log systems messages
	.Sh SYNOPSIS			.Sh SYNOPSIS
	.Nm			.Nm
	.Op Fl 468ACcdFHkNnosTuv			.Op Fl 468ACcdFHkNnosTuv
	.Op Fl a Ar allowed_peer			.Op Fl a Ar allowed_peer
	.Op Fl b Ar bind_address			.Op Fl b Ar bind_address
	.Op Fl f Ar config_file			.Op Fl f Ar config_file
	.Op Fl l Oo Ar mode Ns \&: Oc Ns Ar path			.Op Fl l Oo Ar mode Ns \&: Oc Ns Ar path
	.Op Fl m Ar mark_interval			.Op Fl m Ar mark_interval
				.Op Fl O Ar format
	.Op Fl P Ar pid_file			.Op Fl P Ar pid_file
	.Op Fl p Ar log_socket			.Op Fl p Ar log_socket
	.Op Fl S Ar logpriv_socket			.Op Fl S Ar logpriv_socket
	.Sh DESCRIPTION			.Sh DESCRIPTION
	The			The
	.Nm			.Nm
	utility reads and logs messages to the system console,			utility reads and logs messages to the system console,
	log files,			log files,
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	messages received with facility			messages received with facility
	.Dq kern			.Dq kern
	to facility			to facility
	.Dq user .			.Dq user .
	Usually the			Usually the
	.Dq kern			.Dq kern
	facility is reserved for messages read directly from			facility is reserved for messages read directly from
	.Pa /dev/klog .			.Pa /dev/klog .
				.It Fl O Ar format
				Select the output format of generated log messages.
				The values
				.Ar bsd
				and
				.Ar rfc3164
				are used to generate RFC 3164 log messages.
				The values
				.Ar syslog
				and
				.Ar rfc5424
				are used to generate RFC 5424 log messages,
				having RFC 3339 timestamps with microsecond precision.
				The default is to generate RFC 3164 log messages.
	.It Fl m Ar mark_interval			.It Fl m Ar mark_interval
	Select the number of minutes between			Select the number of minutes between
	.Dq mark			.Dq mark
	messages;			messages;
	the default is 20 minutes.			the default is 20 minutes.
	.It Fl N			.It Fl N
	Disable binding on UDP sockets.			Disable binding on UDP sockets.
	RFC 3164 recommends that outgoing			RFC 3164 recommends that outgoing
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