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Subject: conf/25945: error in /etc/syslog.conf comments, with fix
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>Number:         25945
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       error in /etc/syslog.conf comments, with fix
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Mar 20 09:00:02 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     T. William Wells
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

        Any FreeBSD system since syslog was modified to allow space in
        syslog.conf.

>Description:

        A silly documentation nit.

>How-To-Repeat:

        Edit the syslog.conf file.

>Fix:

--- /tmp/syslog.conf.old	Tue Mar 20 11:48:53 2001
+++ /tmp/syslog.conf	Tue Mar 20 11:52:14 2001
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # $FreeBSD: src/etc/syslog.conf,v 1.13.2.2 2001/02/26 09:26:11 phk Exp $
 #
-#	Spaces are NOT valid field separators in this file.
+#	Spaces ARE valid field separators in this file. However,
+#	other *nix-like systems still insist on using tabs as field
+#	separators. If you are sharing this file between systems, you
+#	may want to use only tabs as field separators here.
 #	Consult the syslog.conf(5) manpage.
 *.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit		/dev/console
 *.notice;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err	/var/log/messages
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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