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author | Jeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-08-31 10:11:23 +0000 |
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committer | Jeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2004-08-31 10:11:23 +0000 |
commit | d1a66a09dd0ca21f849088f48cb145d353246da5 (patch) | |
tree | 9b4db2b0081003c9c3cd95664ff26ea03fbe5451 /chapter06/sysklogd.xml | |
parent | 084db8d42d66a40d23259628ae1afe13f88065b5 (diff) |
Removed sysklogd, added syslog-ng and libol as more up to date replacements.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@4098 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/sysklogd.xml b/chapter06/sysklogd.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 6e659e204..000000000 --- a/chapter06/sysklogd.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,111 +0,0 @@ -<?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 > /etc/syslog.conf << "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> |