Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:13:25 -0800 From: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: [RFC] [patch] handbook/network/chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20101230191324.GA26697@eggman.experts-exchange.com>
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--w7PDEPdKQumQfZlR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline This patch is the result of this page throwing me for a loop: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-syslogd.html If you look at Section 2.11.1 it appears that syslogd has: syslogd_flags="-a logclient.example.com -vv" This obviously looks like two dash v's, however if you look at this online, it looks like a "w" If you use this flag, it isn't an option, and syslog fails to start. Here is a patch that separates this throughout this document into: "-v -v" -jgh -- Jason Helfman System Administrator experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_4830110.html E4AD 7CF1 1396 27F6 79DD 4342 5E92 AD66 8C8C FBA5 --w7PDEPdKQumQfZlR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="patch.txt" --- chapter.sgml.orig 2010-12-30 10:34:58.000000000 -0800 +++ chapter.sgml 2010-12-30 10:39:15.000000000 -0800 @@ -5172,12 +5172,12 @@ placed inside <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para> <programlisting>syslogd_enable="YES" -syslogd_flags="-a logclient.example.com -vv"</programlisting> +syslogd_flags="-a logclient.example.com -v -v"</programlisting> <para>The first option will enable the <command>syslogd</command> daemon on boot up, and the second option allows data from the specified client to be accepted on this server. The latter - part, using <option>-vv</option>, will increase the verbosity + part, using <option>-v -v</option>, will increase the verbosity of logged messages. This is extremely useful for tweaking facilities as administrators are able to see what type of messages are being logged under which facility.</para> @@ -5241,7 +5241,7 @@ <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para> <programlisting>syslogd_enable="YES" -syslogd_flags="-s -vv"</programlisting> +syslogd_flags="-s -v -v"</programlisting> <para>As before, these entries will enable the <command>syslogd</command> daemon on boot up, and increases @@ -5306,7 +5306,7 @@ <literal>syslogd_flags</literal> option to look like the following example, and issue a restart:</para> - <programlisting>syslogd_flags="-d -a logclien.example.com -vv"</programlisting> + <programlisting>syslogd_flags="-d -a logclien.example.com -v -v"</programlisting> <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/etc/rc.d/syslogd restart</userinput></screen> @@ -5327,7 +5327,7 @@ by bit, it appears a typo in the following <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> line has an issue:</para> - <programlisting>syslogd_flags="-d -a logclien.example.com -vv"</programlisting> + <programlisting>syslogd_flags="-d -a logclien.example.com -v -v"</programlisting> <para>The line should contain <literal>logclient</literal>, not <literal>logclien</literal>. After the proper alterations --w7PDEPdKQumQfZlR--
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