NAME
syslogd — log systems messages
SYNOPSIS
syslogd [options ...]
DESCRIPTION
syslogd reads and logs messages to the system console, log files, other machines and/or users as specified by its configuration file.
OPTIONS
-4, --ipv4
Restrict to IPv4 transport (default).
-6, --ipv6
Restrict to IPv6 transport.
--ipany
Allow transport with IPv4 and IPv6.
-a socket
Specify additional sockets from that syslogd has to listen to. This is needed if you are going to let some daemon run within a chroot()’ed environment. You can specify up to 19 additional sockets.
-b, --bind addr
Bind listener to this address/name.
-B, --bind-port port
Bind listener to this port.
-f, --rcfile file
Specify the pathname of an alternate configuration file; the default is system specific and displayed in the help output.
-D, --rcdir dir
Specify the pathname of an alternate configuration directory; the default is system specific and displayed in the help output.
-h, --hop
Enable forwarding remote messages. By default syslogd will not forward messages it receives from remote hosts.
-l host_list
A colon-seperated lists of hosts which should be considered local; they are logged by their hostnames instead by their FQDN.
-s domain_list
A colon-seperated list of domainnames which should be stripped from the FQDNs of hosts when logging.
-m, --mark interval
Select the number of minutes between "mark" messages; the default is 20 minutes. Setting it to 0 disables timestamps.
-p, --socket path
Specify the pathname of an alternate log socket. The default is system specific and displayed in the help output.
-r, --inet
Enable to receive remote messages using an internet domain socket. The default is to not receive any messages from the network. Older version always accepted remote messages.
-T, --local-time
Set local time on received messages.
-S, --sync
Force a file sync on every line.
-n, --no-detach
Suppress backgrounding and detachment of the daemon from its controlling terminal.
--no-klog
Do not listen to the kernel log device. This is only supported on systems which define a kernel log device, on all others this is already the default, and the option will be silently ignored.
--no-unixaf
Do not listen to any unix domain socket. This option overrides -p and -a.
--no-forward
Do not forward any messages. This overrides -h.
-d, --debug
Enter debug mode. syslogd does not put itself in the background, does not fork and shows debug information.
-?, --help
Display help information and exit.
--usage
Display a short usage message and exit.
-V, --version
Print version number and exit.
syslogd reads its configuration file when it starts up and whenever it receives a hangup signal. For information on the format of the configuration file, see syslog.conf(5).
syslogd reads messages from the UNIX domain socket /dev/log, from an Internet domain socket specified in /etc/services, and from the one of the special devices /dev/klog or /proc/kmsg depending on the system (to read kernel messages). In a GNU/Linux system it will not parse the System.map and use it to annotate the kernel messages.
syslogd creates the file /run/syslog.pid, and stores its process id there. This can be used to kill or reconfigure syslogd.
The message sent to syslogd 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 〈 sys/syslog.h〉 .
FILES
/etc/syslog.conf
The configuration file.
/run/syslog.pid
The process id of current syslogd.
/dev/log
Name of the UNIX domain datagram log socket.
/dev/klog, /proc/kmsg
The kernel log device.
SEE ALSO
logger(1), syslog(3), services(5), syslog.conf(5)
HISTORY
The syslogd command appeared in 4.3BSD.
GNU Network Utilities February 9, 2019 GNU Network Utilities