From 673b0d84ba9591e07c0bdf0ee49d92eba10f502c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Burgess Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 10:59:46 +0000 Subject: * Merged newxml into HEAD git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3435 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter06/sysklogd.xml | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter06/sysklogd.xml') diff --git a/chapter06/sysklogd.xml b/chapter06/sysklogd.xml index 9043544e8..1d85acec1 100644 --- a/chapter06/sysklogd.xml +++ b/chapter06/sysklogd.xml @@ -1,17 +1,23 @@ + + + %general-entities; +]> -Installing Sysklogd-&sysklogd-version; - +Sysklogd-&sysklogd-version; + + +Sysklogd The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages, such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen. -&buildtime; &sysklogd-time; -&diskspace; &sysklogd-compsize; +&buildtime; 0.1 SBU +&diskspace; 0.5 MB + +Sysklogd installation depends on: Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Make. -&aa-sysklogd-down; -&aa-sysklogd-dep; -   Installation of Sysklogd @@ -20,15 +26,19 @@ as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen. make -And install it: +Now install it: make install -   -Configuring Sysklogd +Configuring Sysklogd + +Sysklogd +configuring + +/etc/syslog.conf Create a new /etc/syslog.conf file by running the following: @@ -49,8 +59,28 @@ user.* -/var/log/user.log -&aa-sysklogd-shortdesc; -&aa-sysklogd-desc; - +Contents of Sysklogd + +Installed programs: klogd and syslogd + + + +Short descriptions + +klogd +klogd is a system daemon for intercepting and +logging kernel messages. + +syslogd +syslogd 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. + + + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf