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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-syslogng" xreflabel="Syslog-ng" role="wrap">
+<title>Syslog-ng-&syslogng-version;</title>
+<?dbhtml filename="syslogng.html"?>
+
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-syslogng"><primary sortas="a-Syslogng">Syslog-ng</primary></indexterm>
+
+<sect2 role="package"><title/>
+<para>The Syslog-ng 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>Unchecked</seg><seg>Unchecked</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
+
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Syslog-ng installation depends on</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>Unchecked</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 role="installation">
+<title>Installation of Syslog-ng</title>
+
+<para>Prepare Syslog-ng for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Compile Syslog-ng:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+
+<para>Now install it:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 id="conf-syslogng" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Syslog-ng</title>
+<indexterm zone="conf-syslogng">
+<primary sortas="a-Syslogng">Syslog-ng</primary>
+<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm>
+
+<indexterm zone="conf-syslogng"><primary sortas="e-/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf">/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf</primary></indexterm>
+
+<para>Create a new <filename>/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf</filename> file by
+running the following:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -p /etc/syslog-ng
+cat &gt; /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+# Begin /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
+
+options { sync (0);
+ time_reopen (10);
+ log_fifo_size (1000);
+ long_hostnames(off);
+ use_dns (no);
+ use_fqdn (no);
+ create_dirs (no);
+ keep_hostname (yes);
+ };
+
+source src { unix-stream("/dev/log");
+ internal();
+ pipe("/proc/kmsg");
+ };
+
+destination authlog { file("/var/log/authorize.log"); };
+destination syslog { file("/var/log/syslog.log"); };
+destination cron { file("/var/log/cron.log"); };
+destination daemon { file("/var/log/daemon.log"); };
+destination kernel { file("/var/log/kernel.log"); };
+destination lpr { file("/var/log/lpr.log"); };
+destination user { file("/var/log/user.log"); };
+destination uucp { file("/var/log/uucp.log"); };
+destination mail { file("/var/log/mail.log"); };
+destination news { file("/var/log/news.log"); };
+destination debug { file("/var/log/debug.log"); };
+destination messages { file("/var/log/messages.log"); };
+destination everything { file("/var/log/everything.log"); };
+destination console { usertty("root"); };
+destination console_all { file("/dev/tty12"); };
+
+filter f_auth { facility(auth); };
+filter f_authpriv { facility(auth, authpriv); };
+filter f_syslog { not facility(authpriv, mail); };
+filter f_cron { facility(cron); };
+filter f_daemon { facility(daemon); };
+filter f_kernel { facility(kern); };
+filter f_lpr { facility(lpr); };
+filter f_mail { facility(mail); };
+filter f_news { facility(news); };
+filter f_user { facility(user); };
+filter f_uucp { facility(cron); };
+filter f_news { facility(news); };
+filter f_debug { not facility(auth, authpriv, news, mail); };
+filter f_messages { level(info..warn) and not facility(auth, authpriv, mail, news); };
+filter f_everything { level(debug..emerg) and not facility(auth, authpriv); };
+
+filter f_emergency { level(emerg); };
+filter f_info { level(info); };
+filter f_notice { level(notice); };
+filter f_warn { level(warn); };
+filter f_crit { level(crit); };
+filter f_err { level(err); };
+
+log { source(src); filter(f_authpriv); destination(authlog); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_syslog); destination(syslog); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_cron); destination(cron); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_daemon); destination(daemon); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_kernel); destination(kernel); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_lpr); destination(lpr); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_mail); destination(mail); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_news); destination(news); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_user); destination(user); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_uucp); destination(uucp); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_debug); destination(debug); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_messages); destination(messages); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_emergency); destination(console); };
+log { source(src); filter(f_everything); destination(everything); };
+log { source(src); destination(console_all); };
+
+# END /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
+EOF</userinput></screen>
+
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 id="contents-syslogng" role="content"><title>Contents of Syslog-ng</title>
+
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>Unchecked</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>