Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:34:58 -0500 From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: gjb@FreeBSD.org, bapt@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/171580: [bin] syslogd: Document IPv6 address usage Message-ID: <201209121635.q8CGZ3Oj063349@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201209121640.q8CGe1oM037716@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 171580 >Category: bin >Synopsis: [bin] syslogd: Document IPv6 address usage >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: update >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Sep 12 16:40:01 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bryan Drewery >Release: FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: bin/150530 added support for IPv6 address targets when using '[]'. This was committed in r240389. Attached patch documents the feature. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- patch-syslogd-ipv6.txt begins here --- # svn status M usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 Index: usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 =================================================================== --- usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 (revision 240408) +++ usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 (working copy) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)syslog.conf.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 23, 2008 +.Dd September 12, 2012 .Dt SYSLOG.CONF 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -347,6 +347,10 @@ .Pq Ql :\& then that port will be used as the destination port rather than the usual syslog port. +IPv6 addresses can be used if surrounded by +.Pq Ql [\& +and +.Pq Ql ]\& . .It A comma separated list of users. Selected messages are written to those users --- patch-syslogd-ipv6.txt ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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