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diff --git a/chapter06/syslogng.xml b/chapter06/syslogng.xml index 249fdbc99..04b432af6 100644 --- a/chapter06/syslogng.xml +++ b/chapter06/syslogng.xml @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ <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> @@ -17,6 +19,10 @@ <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"> @@ -26,11 +32,11 @@ <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen> -<para>Compile Syslog-ng:</para> +<para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>Now install it:</para> +<para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> @@ -38,8 +44,14 @@ <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 <filename>/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf</filename> file:</para> +<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 > /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf << "EOF" @@ -121,7 +133,26 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-syslogng" role="content"><title>Contents of Syslog-ng</title> -<para>See testing</para> +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> +<seglistitem><seg>Unchecked</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> + +<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> +<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> + +<varlistentry id="syslog-ng"> +<term><command>syslog-ng</command></term> +<listitem> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-syslogng"><primary sortas="b-syslog-ng">syslog-ng</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> |