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authorJeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-08-31 10:11:23 +0000
committerJeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-08-31 10:11:23 +0000
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Removed sysklogd, added syslog-ng and libol as more up to date replacements.
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
- <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
- %general-entities;
-]>
-<sect1 id="ch-system-sysklogd" xreflabel="Sysklogd" role="wrap">
-<title>Sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;</title>
-<?dbhtml filename="sysklogd.html"?>
-
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd"><primary sortas="a-Sysklogd">Sysklogd</primary></indexterm>
-
-<sect2 role="package"><title/>
-<para>The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages, such
-as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para>
-
-<segmentedlist>
-<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
-<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>0.5 MB</seg></seglistitem>
-</segmentedlist>
-
-<segmentedlist>
-<segtitle>Sysklogd installation depends on</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Make</seg></seglistitem>
-</segmentedlist>
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2 role="installation">
-<title>Installation of Sysklogd</title>
-
-<para>Sysklogd has issues with the Linux 2.6 kernel series - fix these isues
-by applying the following patch:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;-kernel_headers-1.patch</userinput></screen>
-
-<para>There is also a race condition in the signal handling logic, and this
-sometimes confuses the <command>sysklogd</command> initscript.
-Fix this bug by applying another patch:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;-signal-1.patch</userinput></screen>
-
-<para>Compile Sysklogd:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
-
-<para>Now install it:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
-
-</sect2>
-
-
-<sect2 id="conf-sysklogd" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Sysklogd</title>
-<indexterm zone="conf-sysklogd">
-<primary sortas="a-Sysklogd">Sysklogd</primary>
-<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>
-
-<indexterm zone="conf-sysklogd"><primary sortas="e-/etc/syslog.conf">/etc/syslog.conf</primary></indexterm>
-
-<para>Create a new <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename> file by running the
-following:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/syslog.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
-# Begin /etc/syslog.conf
-
-auth,authpriv.* -/var/log/auth.log
-*.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/sys.log
-daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log
-kern.* -/var/log/kern.log
-mail.* -/var/log/mail.log
-user.* -/var/log/user.log
-*.emerg *
-
-# End /etc/syslog.conf
-EOF</userinput></screen>
-
-</sect2>
-
-
-<sect2 id="contents-sysklogd" role="content"><title>Contents of Sysklogd</title>
-
-<segmentedlist>
-<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
-<seglistitem><seg>klogd and syslogd</seg></seglistitem>
-</segmentedlist>
-
-<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
-
-<varlistentry id="klogd">
-<term><command>klogd</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd klogd"><primary sortas="b-klogd">klogd</primary></indexterm>
-<para>is a system daemon for intercepting and logging kernel messages.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-
-<varlistentry id="syslogd">
-<term><command>syslogd</command></term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd syslogd"><primary sortas="b-syslogd">syslogd</primary></indexterm>
-<para>logs the messages that system programs
-offer for logging. Every logged message contains at least a date stamp and a
-hostname, and normally the program's name too, but that depends on how
-trusting the logging daemon is told to be.</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-
-</sect2>
-
-</sect1>