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syslogd(1M)		System Administration Commands		   syslogd(1M)

NAME
       syslogd - log system messages

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/syslogd [-d] [-f configfile] [-m markinterval]
	    [-p path] [-t | -T]

DESCRIPTION
       syslogd reads and forwards system messages to the appropriate log files
       or users, depending upon the priority  of  a  message  and  the	system
       facility	 from  which  it  originates. The configuration file /etc/sys‐
       log.conf (see syslog.conf(4)) controls where  messages  are  forwarded.
       syslogd	logs  a	 mark  (timestamp)  message every markinterval minutes
       (default 20) at priority LOG_INFO to the facility whose name  is	 given
       as mark in the syslog.conf file.

       A  system  message consists of a single line of text, which may be pre‐
       fixed with a priority code number enclosed in angle-brackets (<>); pri‐
       orities are defined in <sys/syslog.h>.

       syslogd	reads  from  the  STREAMS  log	driver, /dev/log, and from any
       transport  provider  specified	in   /etc/netconfig,   /etc/net/trans‐
       port/hosts, and /etc/net/transport/services.

       syslogd reads the configuration file when it starts up, and again when‐
       ever it receives a HUP signal (see signal.h(3HEAD), at  which  time  it
       also closes all files it has open, re-reads its configuration file, and
       then opens only the log files that are listed  in  that	file.  syslogd
       exits when it receives a TERM signal.

       As  it starts up, syslogd creates the file /var/run/syslog.pid, if pos‐
       sible, containing its process identifier (PID).

       If message ID generation is enabled (see log(7D)), each message will be
       preceded	 by  an	 identifier  in the following format: [ID msgid facil‐
       ity.priority]. msgid is the message's numeric identifier	 described  in
       msgid(1M).  facility  and priority are described in syslog.conf(4). [ID
       123456 kern.notice] is an example of an identifier when message ID gen‐
       eration is enabled.

       If  the	message	 originated in a loadable kernel module or driver, the
       kernel module's name (for example, ufs) will be	displayed  instead  of
       unix. See EXAMPLES for sample output from syslogd with and without mes‐
       sage ID generation enabled.

       In an effort to reduce visual clutter, message IDs  are	not  displayed
       when  writing  to  the console; message IDs are only written to the log
       file. See .

       The /etc/default/syslogd file contains the following default  parameter
       settings,  which	 are  in  effect  if  neither  the -t nor -T option is
       selected. See FILES.

       The recommended way to allow or disallow message logging is through the
       use of the service management facility (smf(5)) property:

	 svc:/system/system-log/config/log_from_remote

       This   property	 specifies   whether   remote	messages  are  logged.
       log_from_remote=true is equivalent to the -t  command-line  option  and
       false  is  equivalent  to the -T command-line option. The default value
       for -log_from_remote is false. See NOTES, below.

       LOG_FROM_REMOTE

	   Specifies whether remote messages are logged. LOG_FROM_REMOTE=NO is
	   equivalent  to  the	-t  command-line option. The default value for
	   LOG_FROM_REMOTE is YES.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -d

	   Turn on debugging. This option should only be used interactively in
	   a  root  shell once the system is in multi-user mode. It should not
	   be used in the system start-up scripts, as this will cause the sys‐
	   tem to hang at the point where syslogd is started.

       -f configfile

	   Specify an alternate configuration file.

       -m markinterval

	   Specify an interval, in minutes, between mark messages.

       -p path

	   Specify an alternative log device name. The default is /dev/log.

       -T

	   Enable  the syslogd UDP port to turn on logging of remote messages.
	   This is the default behavior. See .

       -t

	   Disable the syslogd UDP port to turn off  logging  of  remote  mes‐
	   sages. See .

EXAMPLES
       Example 1 syslogd Output Without Message ID Generation Enabled

       The  following  example	shows  the output from syslogd when message ID
       generation is not enabled:

	 Sep 29 21:41:18 cathy unix: alloc /: file system full

       Example 2 syslogd Output with ID generation Enabled

       The following example shows the output from  syslogd  when  message  ID
       generation  is enabled. The message ID is displayed when writing to log
       file/var/adm/messages.

	 Sep 29 21:41:18 cathy ufs: [ID 845546 kern.notice]
					     alloc /: file system full

       Example 3 syslogd Output with ID Generation Enabled

       The following example shows the output from  syslogd  when  message  ID
       generation  is enabled when writing to the console. Even though message
       ID is enabled, the message ID is not displayed at the console.

	 Sep 29 21:41:18 cathy ufs: alloc /: file system full

       Example 4 Enabling Acceptance of UDP Messages from Remote Systems

       The following commands enable syslogd to	 accept	 entries  from	remote
       systems.

	 # svccfg -s svc:/system/system-log setprop config/log_from_remote = true
	 # svcadm restart svc:/system/system-log

FILES
       /etc/syslog.conf

	   Configuration file

       /var/run/syslog.pid

	   Process ID

       /etc/default/syslogd

	   Contains default settings. You can override some of the settings by
	   command-line options.

       /dev/log

	   STREAMS log driver

       /etc/netconfig

	   Transport providers available on the system

       /etc/net/transport/hosts

	   Network hosts for each transport

       /etc/net/transport/services

	   Network services for each transport

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWcsu			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       logger(1), svcs(1), msgid(1M), svcadm(1M), svccfg(1M), syslog(3C), sys‐
       log.conf(4), attributes(5), signal.h(3HEAD), smf(5), log(7D)

NOTES
       The  mark message is a system time stamp, and so it is only defined for
       the system on which syslogd is running. It  can	not  be	 forwarded  to
       other systems.

       When  syslogd receives a HUP signal, it attempts to complete outputting
       pending messages, and close all log files to which it is currently log‐
       ging  messages.	If, for some reason, one (or more) of these files does
       not close within a generous grace period, syslogd discards the  pending
       messages,  forcibly  closes these files, and starts reconfiguration. If
       this shutdown procedure is disturbed by an unexpected error and syslogd
       cannot  complete	 reconfiguration,  syslogd sends a mail message to the
       superuser on the current system stating that  it	 has  shut  down,  and
       exits.

       Care  should  be	 taken	to ensure that each window displaying messages
       forwarded by syslogd (especially console windows) is run in the	system
       default	locale (which is syslogd's locale). If this advice is not fol‐
       lowed, it is possible for a syslog message to alter the	terminal  set‐
       tings for that window, possibly even allowing remote execution of arbi‐
       trary commands from that window.

       The syslogd service is managed  by  the	service	 management  facility,
       smf(5), under the service identifier:

	  svc:/system/system-log:default

       Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or
       requesting restart, can be performed using  svcadm(1M).	The  service's
       status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.

       When syslogd is started by means of svcadm(1M), if a value is specified
       for LOG_FROM_REMOTE in the /etc/defaults/syslogd file, the SMF property
       svc:/system/system-log/config/log_from_remote  is  set to correspond to
       the LOG_FROM_REMOTE value and the /etc/default/syslogd file is modified
       to  replace  the	 LOG_FROM_REMOTE specification with the following com‐
       ment:

	 # LOG_FROM_REMOTE is now set using svccfg(1m), see syslogd(1m).

       If    neither	LOG_FROM_REMOTE	   nor	   svc:/system/system-log/con‐
       fig/log_from_remote are defined, the default is to log remote messages.

       On  installation,  the  initial	value  of  svc:/system/system-log/con‐
       fig/log_from_remote is false.

SunOS 5.10			  31 Oct 2008			   syslogd(1M)
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