Attachment 10176 Details for Bug 20477 – file.diff

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>Index: syslog.conf.5
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /usr/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5,v
>retrieving revision 1.16
>diff -u -r1.16 syslog.conf.5
>--- syslog.conf.5	2000/03/01 14:08:36	1.16
>+++ syslog.conf.5	2000/08/08 02:34:08
>@@ -224,6 +224,24 @@
> disables a particular
> .Em facility .
> .Pp
>+If a syslog message is received for the facility 
>+.Em kern ,
>+but is not received directly from the kernel via the
>+.Pa /dev/klog
>+device, then 
>+.Xr syslogd
>+silently translates the facility to 
>+.Em user .
>+In particular, this means that when sending kernel logging messages to 
>+a remote loghost, they will be processed as facility 
>+.Em user
>+on the remote system.
>+This also means it is not possible to inject 
>+.Em kern
>+messages using the
>+.Xr logger 1
>+or similar program.
>+.Pp
> The
> .Em action
> field of each line specifies the action to be taken when the
>Index: syslogd.8
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /usr/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8,v
>retrieving revision 1.22
>diff -u -r1.22 syslogd.8
>--- syslogd.8	2000/03/01 14:08:36	1.22
>+++ syslogd.8	2000/08/08 02:36:48
>@@ -184,6 +184,14 @@
> This priority code should map into the priorities defined in the
> include file
> .Aq Pa sys/syslog.h .
>+If the priority code maps to the facility
>+.Em kern ,
>+but the message is not received via the
>+.Pa /dev/klog
>+device, then 
>+.Nm
>+silently changes the facility code to 
>+.Em user .
> .Sh FILES
> .Bl -tag -width /var/run/syslog.pid -compact
> .It Pa /etc/syslog.conf

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