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author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-07 20:16:00 +0000 |
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committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-07 20:16:00 +0000 |
commit | fcc027677da55c41dcaea045f5b9ff8b088e6495 (patch) | |
tree | 42500a7858959695b971e7f28f1d0bf33185db2e /chapter08/sysklogd.xml | |
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diff --git a/chapter08/sysklogd.xml b/chapter08/sysklogd.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e96980cb4 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter08/sysklogd.xml @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> + %general-entities; +]> + +<sect1 id="ch-system-sysklogd" role="wrap" revision="sysv"> + <?dbhtml filename="sysklogd.html"?> + + <sect1info condition="script"> + <productname>sysklogd</productname> + <productnumber>&sysklogd-version;</productnumber> + <address>&sysklogd-url;</address> + </sect1info> + + <title>Sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;</title> + + <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>&sysklogd-ch6-sbu;</seg> + <seg>&sysklogd-ch6-du;</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 role="installation"> + <title>Installation of Sysklogd</title> + + <para>First, fix problems that causes a segmentation fault under + some conditions in klogd and fix an obsolete program construct:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/Error loading kernel symbols/{n;n;d}' ksym_mod.c +sed -i 's/union wait/int/' syslogd.c</userinput></screen> + + <para>Compile the package:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen> + + <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> + + <para>Install the package:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="install">make BINDIR=/sbin 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" +<literal># 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</literal> +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> + <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> + <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> + <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> + + <varlistentry id="klogd"> + <term><command>klogd</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>A system daemon for intercepting and logging kernel messages</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd klogd"> + <primary sortas="b-klogd">klogd</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="syslogd"> + <term><command>syslogd</command></term> + <listitem> + <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> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd syslogd"> + <primary sortas="b-syslogd">syslogd</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + + </sect2> + +</sect1> |