Attachment 92426 Details for Bug 130075 – handbook-syslog.diff

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>Index: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml,v
>retrieving revision 1.113
>diff -u -r1.113 chapter.sgml
>--- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml	26 Dec 2008 03:19:02 -0000	1.113
>+++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml	30 Dec 2008 14:37:15 -0000
>@@ -5040,6 +5040,26 @@
>         be logged to the file specified previously,
> 	<filename>/var/log/logclient.log</filename>.</para>
> 
>+      <para>The server machine must also have the following listing
>+	placed inside <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
>+
>+      <programlisting>syslogd_enable="YES"
>+syslogd_flags="-a logclient.example.com -vv"</programlisting>
>+
>+      <para>The first option will enable the <command>syslogd</command>
>+	daemon on boot up, and the second option allows data from the
>+	specified client to be accepted on this server.  The latter
>+	part, using <option>-vv</option>, will increase the verbosity
>+	of logged messages.  This is extremely useful for tweaking
>+	facilities as administrators are able to see what type of
>+	messages are being logged under which facility.</para>
>+
>+      <para>Multiple <option>-a</option> options may be specified to
>+	allow logging from multiple clients.  <acronym>IP</acronym>
>+	addresses and whole netblocks may also be specified, see the
>+	&man.syslog.3; manual page for a full list of possible
>+	options.</para>
>+
>       <para>Finally, the log file should be created.  The method used
> 	does not matter, but &man.touch.1; works great for situations
> 	such as this:</para>
>@@ -5066,7 +5086,7 @@
> 	to a logging server in addition to keeping local copies.</para>
> 
>       <para>Similar to log servers, clients must also meet a few minimum
>-	requirements.</para>
>+	requirements:</para>
>  
>       <itemizedlist>
> 	<listitem>
>@@ -5088,20 +5108,18 @@
>       </itemizedlist>
> 
>       <para>Client configuration is a bit more relaxed when compared
>-	to that of the servers.  The client machine must also have the
>+	to that of the servers.  The client machine must have the
> 	following listing placed inside
> 	<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
> 
>       <programlisting>syslogd_enable="YES"
>-syslogd_flags="-a logclient.example.com -vv"</programlisting>
>+syslogd_flags="-s -vv"</programlisting>
> 
>-      <para>The first option will enable the <command>syslogd</command>
>-	daemon on boot up, and the second line allows data from the
>-	client to be accepted on this server.  The latter part, using
>-	<option>-vv</option>, will increase the verbosity of logged
>-	messages.  This is extremely useful for tweaking facilities as
>-	administrators are able to see what type of messages are being
>-	logged under which facility.</para>
>+      <para>As before, these entries will enable the
>+	<command>syslogd</command> daemon on boot up, and increases
>+	the verbosity of logged messages.  The <option>-s</option>
>+	option prevents logs from being accepted by this client from
>+	other hosts.</para>
> 
>       <para>Facilities describe the system part for which a message
> 	is generated.  For an example, <acronym>ftp</acronym> and
>@@ -5128,14 +5146,15 @@
>       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/etc/rc.d/syslogd restart</userinput></screen>
> 
>       <para>To test that log messages are being sent across the network,
>-	use &man.logger.1; to send a message to
>+	use &man.logger.1; on the client to send a message to
> 	<command>syslogd</command>:</para>
> 
>       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>logger "Test message from logclient"</userinput></screen>
> 
>-      <para>This message should now exist in
>-	<filename>/var/log/messages</filename> on both the client
>-	and the server.</para>
>+      <para>This message should now exist both in
>+	<filename>/var/log/messages</filename> on the client, and
>+	<filename>/var/log/logclient.log</filename> on the
>+	log server.</para>
>     </sect2>
> 
>     <sect2>

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