4.4BSD/usr/share/man/cat8/syslogd.0

SYSLOGD(8)                BSD System Manager's Manual               SYSLOGD(8)

NNAAMMEE
     ssyyssllooggdd - log systems messages

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
     ssyyssllooggdd [--ff _c_o_n_f_i_g___f_i_l_e] [--mm _m_a_r_k___i_n_t_e_r_v_a_l] [--pp _l_o_g___s_o_c_k_e_t]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     SSyyssllooggdd reads and logs messages to the system console, log files, other
     machines and/or users as specified by its configuration file.  The op-
     tions are as follows:

     --ff      Specify the pathname of an alternate configuration file; the de-
             fault is _/_e_t_c_/_s_y_s_l_o_g_._c_o_n_f.

     --mm      Select the number of minutes between ``mark'' messages; the de-
             fault is 20 minutes.

     --pp      Specify the pathname of an alternate log socket; the default is
             _/_d_e_v_/_l_o_g.

     SSyyssllooggdd reads its configuration file when it starts up and whenever it
     receives a hangup signal.  For information on the format of the configu-
     ration file, see syslog.conf(5).

     SSyyssllooggdd reads messages from the UNIX domain socket _/_d_e_v_/_l_o_g, from an In-
     ternet domain socket specified in _/_e_t_c_/_s_e_r_v_i_c_e_s, and from the special de-
     vice _/_d_e_v_/_k_l_o_g (to read kernel messages).

     SSyyssllooggdd creates the file _/_v_a_r_/_r_u_n_/_s_y_s_l_o_g_._p_i_d, and stores its process id
     there.  This can be used to kill or reconfigure ssyyssllooggdd.

     The message sent to ssyyssllooggdd should consist of a single line.  The message
     can contain a priority code, which should be a preceding decimal number
     in angle braces, for example, `<5.>' This priority code should map into
     the priorities defined in the include file <_s_y_s_/_s_y_s_l_o_g_._h>.

FFIILLEESS
     /etc/syslog.conf     The configuration file.
     /var/run/syslog.pid  The process id of current ssyyssllooggdd.
     /dev/log             Name of the UNIX domain datagram log socket.
     /dev/klog            The kernel log device.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
     logger(1),  syslog(3),  services(5),  syslog.conf(5)

HHIISSTTOORRYY
     The ssyyssllooggdd command appeared in 4.3BSD.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution        June 6, 1993                                1