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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2011-08-02 02:15:42 +0000
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2011-08-02 02:15:42 +0000
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Rewrite bootscripts and Chaper 7
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</indexterm>
<para>The <filename>sysklogd</filename> script invokes the
- <command>syslogd</command> program with the <parameter>-m 0</parameter> option.
- This option turns off the periodic timestamp mark that
- <command>syslogd</command> writes to the log files every 20 minutes by default.
- If you want to turn on this periodic timestamp mark, edit the
- <filename>sysklogd</filename> script and make the changes accordingly. See
- <userinput>man syslogd</userinput> for more information.</para>
+ <command>syslogd</command> program with the <parameter>-m 0</parameter>
+ option. This option turns off the periodic timestamp mark that
+ <command>syslogd</command> writes to the log files every 20 minutes by
+ default. If you want to turn on this periodic timestamp mark, create or edit
+ <filename>/etc/sysconfig/init_params</filename> and define the variable
+ SYSKLOGD_PARMS to the desired value. For instance, to remove all parameters,
+ set the variable to a null value:</para>
+
+<screen role="nodump">SYSKLOGD_PARMS=</screen>
+
+ <para>See <userinput>man syslogd</userinput> for more options.</para>
</sect1>