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Diffstat (limited to 'sysklogd')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysklogd/Config.in | 67 |
1 files changed, 51 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/sysklogd/Config.in b/sysklogd/Config.in index 5bded0675..8f7fa7fd1 100644 --- a/sysklogd/Config.in +++ b/sysklogd/Config.in @@ -5,44 +5,79 @@ menu "System Logging Utilities" -config CONFIG_KLOGD - bool "klogd" - default n - help - Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. - -config CONFIG_LOGGER - bool "logger" - default n - help - Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. - config CONFIG_SYSLOGD bool "syslogd" default n help - Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. + The syslogd utility is used to record logs of all the + significant events that occur on a system. Every + message that is logged records the date and time of the + event, and will generally also record the name of the + application that generated the message. When used in + conjunction with klogd, messages from the Linux kernel + can also be recorded. This is terribly useful, + especially for finding what happened when somthing goes + wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if + you wait long enough.... config CONFIG_FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG bool " Remote Log support" default n depends on CONFIG_SYSLOGD help - Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. + When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility can + be used to send system log messages to another system + connected via a network. This allows the remote + machine to log all the system messages, which can be + terribly useful for reducing the number of serial + cables you use. It can also be a very good security + measure to prevent system logs from being tampered with + by an intruder. config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG bool " Circular Buffer support" default n depends on CONFIG_SYSLOGD help - Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. + When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will + use a circular buffer to record system log messages. + When the buffer is filled it will continue to overwrite + the oldest messaged. This can be very useful for + systems with little or no perminant storage, since + otherwise system logs can eventually fill up your + entire filesystem, which may cause your system to + break badly. config CONFIG_LOGREAD bool " logread" default y depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG help - Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. + If you enabled Circular Buffer support, you almost + certainly want to enable this feature as well. This + utility will allow you to read the messages that are + stored in the syslogd circular buffer. + +config CONFIG_KLOGD + bool "klogd" + default n + depends on CONFIG_SYSLOGD + help + klogd is a utility which which intercepts and logs all + messages from the Linux kernel and sends the messages + out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If + you wish to record the messages produced by the kernel, + you should enable this option. + +config CONFIG_LOGGER + bool "logger" + default n + depends on CONFIG_SYSLOGD + help + The logger utility allows you to send arbitrary text + messages to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be + logged. This is generally used to help locate problems + that occur within programs and scripts. endmenu |