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diff --git a/docs/syslog.conf.txt b/docs/syslog.conf.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6d9c4a173 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/syslog.conf.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +If syslogd applet compiled with FEATURE_SYSLOGD_CFG=y, then it supports restricted syslog.conf. +The config resembles rsyslog.conf in RULES part: + +LINE = DELIM [RULE | COMMENT] +COMMENT = #.* +DELIM = SPACE TAB +RULE = SELECTOR [;SELECTOR]* DELIM* ACTION DELIM* +SELECTOR = FACILITY [,FACILITY]* .[[!]=] PRIORITY +FACILITY = * | kern | user ... (see syslog.h) +PRIORITY = * | emerg | alert ... (see syslog.h) +ACTION = FILE + +"mark" facility is NOT supported. +"none" priority is supported. +In FACILITY and PRIORITY "*" stands for "any". +FILE is a regular file or tty device. + +Here is an example: + +#syslog.conf +kern,user.* /var/log/messages #all messages of kern and user facilities +kern.!err /var/log/critical #all messages of kern facility with priorities lower than err (warn, notice ...) +*.*;auth,authpriv.none /var/log/noauth #all messages except ones with auth and authpriv facilities +kern,user.*;kern.!=notice;*.err;syslog.none /var/log/OMG #some whicked rule just as an example =) +*.* /dev/null #this prevents from logging to default log file (-O FILE or /var/log/messages) + +Even in the case of match with some rule another rules will be tried too. +If there was no match with any of the rules, logging to default log file or shared memory will be performed. |