syslogd(1)                                                   syslogd(1)

  syslogd

  NAME

    syslogd - log systems messages

  SYNOPSIS

    syslogd [-ds] [-f config_file] [-m mark_interval]

  DESCRIPTION

    The syslogd(1) utility reads and logs messages to the system console, log
    files, other computers, and users as specified by its configuration file.

    The options are as follows:

    -d
        Run in debug mode.

    -f
        Specify the path name of an alternate configuration file; the default
        is /etc/syslog.conf.

    -m
        Select the number of minutes between "mark" messages; the default is
        20 minutes.

    -s
        Run as a service (do not fork upon startup). This option is required
        to run syslogd(1) as a Windows service.

    The syslogd(1) utility reads its configuration file when it starts up and
    when it receives a hangup signal. For information on the format of the
    configuration file, see syslog.conf(5).

    The syslogd(1) utility creates the file /var/run/syslog.pid, and stores
    its process identifier (ID) there. This can be used to kill or reconfigure
    syslogd(1).

    The message sent to syslogd(1) should consist of a single line. The
    message can contain a priority code, which should be a preceding decimal
    number in angle brackets; for example, <5>. This priority code should map
    into the priorities defined in the include file .

  USAGE NOTE

    In this version of Interix, syslogd is not started automatically when the
    Interix subsystem starts. The syslogd utility presents a number of known
    security vulnerabilities, including susceptibility to spoofed messages and
    denial-of-service attacks. For example, because it receives messages in
    UDP packets, which can be quite large, an unauthenticated attacker can
    flood the service with messages, filling the partition containing the log
    file.

    If you need to enable this service, remove the comment characters from the
    following lines in /etc/init.d/syslog and then start the service with the
    command /etc/init.d/syslog start, or restart the computer.

    #   ${SYSLOGD}
    #   [ $? = 0 ] && echo "syslogd started"

  FILES

    /etc/syslog.conf
        The configuration file.

    /var/run/syslog.pid
        The process ID of current syslogd(1).
    /var/adm/log/*
        The log files. These are typically the files console, daemon, ftp,
        lpr, mail, messages, news, secure, and uucp. The syslogd(1) utility
        will not create these files, however; it will only append to them.
        When setting up syslogd(1), you should create empty files by these
        names (usually with touch(1)):
        cd /var/adm/log
        touch console daemon ftp lpr mail messages news secure uucp

  SEE ALSO

    logger(1)

    syslog(3)

    syslog.conf(5)