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@(#)syslogd.8 6.9 (Berkeley) 09/30/90

C 5 syslogd - log systems messages

syslogd [-f config_file] [-m mark_interval] [-p log_socket]

Syslogd reads and logs messages to the system console, log files, other machines and/or users as specified by its configuration file. The options are as follows:

-f Specify the pathname of an alternate configuration file; the default is ``/etc/syslog.conf''.

-m Select the number of minutes between ``mark'' messages; the default is 20 minutes.

-p Specify the pathname of an alternate log socket; the default is ``/dev/log''.

Syslogd reads its configuration file when it starts up and whenever it receives a hangup signal. For information on the format of the configuration file, see syslog.conf (5).

Syslogd reads messages from the UNIX domain socket ``/dev/log'', from an Internet domain socket specified in ``/etc/services'', and from the special device ``/dev/klog'' (to read kernel messages).

Syslogd creates the file ``/var/run/syslog.pid'', and stores its process id there. This can be used to kill or reconfigure syslogd .

The message sent to syslogd should consist of a single line. The message can contain a priority code, which should be a preceding decimal number in angle braces, for example, ``<5>''. This priority code should map into the priorities defined in the include file ``<sys/syslog.h>''.

/etc/syslog.conf The configuration file.
/var/run/syslog.pid The process id of current syslogd.
/dev/log Name of the UNIX domain datagram log socket.
/dev/klog The kernel log device.

logger(1), syslog(3), services(5), syslog.conf(5)