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147 lines
4.1 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="ch-system-sysklogd" role="wrap">
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<?dbhtml filename="sysklogd.html"?>
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<title>Sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd">
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<primary sortas="a-Sysklogd">Sysklogd</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<sect2 role="package">
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<title/>
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<para>The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages,
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such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>0.1 SBU</seg>
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<seg>704 KB</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Make, and Patch</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 role="installation">
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<title>Installation of Sysklogd</title>
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<para>The following patch fixes various issues, including a problem building
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Sysklogd with Linux 2.6 series kernels</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&sysklogd-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
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<para>The following patch makes sysklogd treat bytes in the 0x80--0x9f range
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literally in the messages being logged, instead of replacing them with octal
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codes. Unpatched sysklogd would damage messages in the UTF-8 encoding.</para>
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<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&sysklogd-8bit-patch;</userinput></screen>
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<para>Compile the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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<para>Install the package:</para>
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<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="conf-sysklogd" role="configuration">
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<title>Configuring Sysklogd</title>
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<indexterm zone="conf-sysklogd">
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<primary sortas="a-Sysklogd">Sysklogd</primary>
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<secondary>configuring</secondary>
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</indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="conf-sysklogd">
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<primary sortas="e-/etc/syslog.conf">/etc/syslog.conf</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>Create a new <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename> file by running the
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following:</para>
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<screen><userinput>cat > /etc/syslog.conf << "EOF"
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<literal># Begin /etc/syslog.conf
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auth,authpriv.* -/var/log/auth.log
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*.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/sys.log
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daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log
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kern.* -/var/log/kern.log
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mail.* -/var/log/mail.log
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user.* -/var/log/user.log
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*.emerg *
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# log the bootscript output:
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local2.* -/var/log/boot.log
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# End /etc/syslog.conf</literal>
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EOF</userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="contents-sysklogd" role="content">
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<title>Contents of Sysklogd</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>klogd and syslogd</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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<varlistentry id="klogd">
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<term><command>klogd</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>A system daemon for intercepting and logging kernel messages</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd klogd">
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<primary sortas="b-klogd">klogd</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="syslogd">
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<term><command>syslogd</command></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Logs the messages that system programs offer for logging. Every
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logged message contains at least a date stamp and a hostname, and
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normally the program's name too, but that depends on how trusting the
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logging daemon is told to be</para>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd syslogd">
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<primary sortas="b-syslogd">syslogd</primary>
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</indexterm>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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