Name
sysklogd
Synopsis
sysklogd
Description
System administration command. sysklogd, the Linux program that provides syslogd functionality, behaves exactly like the BSD version of syslogd. The difference should be completely transparent to the user. However, sysklogd is coded very differently and supports a slightly extended syntax. It is invoked as syslogd. See also klogd.
Options
- -d
Turn on debugging.
- -f configfile
Specify alternate configuration file.
- -h
Forward messages from remote hosts to forwarding hosts.
- -l hostlist
Specify hostnames that should be logged with just their hostname, not their fully qualified domain name. Multiple hosts should be separated with a colon (:).
- -m markinterval
Select number of minutes between mark messages.
- -n
Avoid autobackgrounding. This is needed when starting syslogd from init.
- -p socket
Send log to socket instead of /dev/log.
- -r
Receive messages from the network using an Internet domain socket with the syslog service.
- -s domainlist
Strip off domain names specified in domainlist before logging. Multiple domain names should be separated by a colon (:).
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