| 1 | config FWRT_PACKAGE_SYSLOG_NG
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| 2 | prompt "syslog-ng......................... A powerful syslog daemon"
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| 3 | tristate
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| 4 | default m if CONFIG_DEVEL
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| 5 | select FWRT_PACKAGE_LIBOL
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| 6 | help
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| 7 | syslog-ng reads and logs messages to the system console, log
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| 8 | files, other machines and/or users as specified by its
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| 9 | configuration file.
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| 10 |
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| 11 | The configuration file is read at startup and is reread after
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| 12 | receipt of a hangup (HUP) signal. When reloading the
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| 13 | configuration file, all destination files are closed and
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| 14 | reopened as appropriate. For more information about the
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| 15 | configuration file, see syslog-ng.conf(5).
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| 16 |
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| 17 | Typically messages are sent to syslog-ng via a Unix domain
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| 18 | socket (/dev/log) or via UDP, to port 514 or to whatever
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| 19 | syslog/udp is defined to be in /etc/services. To receive
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| 20 | messages from the kernel, /dev/klog is opened for reading.
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| 21 |
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| 22 | Messages sent to syslog-ng should be an entire line, prefixed
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| 23 | by a pri- ority code in between '<' and '>'. Definititions
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| 24 | of the recognised values can be found in the include file
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| 25 | <sys/syslog.h>.
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| 26 |
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| 27 | syslog-ng can be configured to pass messages on to other
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| 28 | syslog-ng's and when doing so, it sends the message on with the
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| 29 | priority as a pre- fix.
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| 30 |
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| 31 | http://www.balabit.com/products/syslog_ng/
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