Changeset View
Changeset View
Standalone View
Standalone View
usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5
| Show All 22 Lines | |||||
| .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT | .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT | ||||
| .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY | .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY | ||||
| .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | ||||
| .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | ||||
| .\" | .\" | ||||
| .\" @(#)syslog.conf.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 | .\" @(#)syslog.conf.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 | ||||
| .\" $FreeBSD$ | .\" $FreeBSD$ | ||||
| .\" | .\" | ||||
| .Dd November 1, 2016 | .Dd June 25, 2019 | ||||
| .Dt SYSLOG.CONF 5 | .Dt SYSLOG.CONF 5 | ||||
| .Os | .Os | ||||
| .Sh NAME | .Sh NAME | ||||
| .Nm syslog.conf | .Nm syslog.conf | ||||
| .Nd | .Nd | ||||
| .Xr syslogd 8 | .Xr syslogd 8 | ||||
| configuration file | configuration file | ||||
| .Sh DESCRIPTION | .Sh DESCRIPTION | ||||
| ▲ Show 20 Lines • Show All 297 Lines • ▼ Show 20 Lines | |||||
| .Dq - , | .Dq - , | ||||
| to forego syncing the specified file after every kernel message. | to forego syncing the specified file after every kernel message. | ||||
| Note that you might lose information if the system crashes | Note that you might lose information if the system crashes | ||||
| immediately following a write attempt. | immediately following a write attempt. | ||||
| Nevertheless, using the | Nevertheless, using the | ||||
| .Dq - | .Dq - | ||||
| option may improve performance, | option may improve performance, | ||||
| especially if the kernel is logging many messages. | especially if the kernel is logging many messages. | ||||
| .Pp | |||||
| Options may be specified after the pathname. | |||||
| The options, delimited by whitespace, take the form of a letter, | |||||
| potentially followed by an associated value. | |||||
| The available options are: | |||||
| .Bl -tag -indent | |||||
| .It Ar R size | |||||
| Limit the growth of the file to the given size. | |||||
| If the file exceeds that size, enter | |||||
| .Dq recycle | |||||
| mode, in which the last 32 KBytes of the file become a circular buffer | |||||
| which is continually overwritten, preserving the bulk of the original file. | |||||
| The size is specified in bytes, with the usual power-of-two suffixes | |||||
| recognized. | |||||
| .El | |||||
| .It | .It | ||||
| A hostname (preceded by an at | A hostname (preceded by an at | ||||
| .Pq Dq @ | .Pq Dq @ | ||||
| sign). | sign). | ||||
| Selected messages are forwarded to the | Selected messages are forwarded to the | ||||
| .Xr syslogd 8 | .Xr syslogd 8 | ||||
| program on the named host. | program on the named host. | ||||
| If a port number is added after a colon | If a port number is added after a colon | ||||
| ▲ Show 20 Lines • Show All 179 Lines • Show Last 20 Lines | |||||