Author: jim Date: 2005-03-31 12:00:53 -0700 (Thu, 31 Mar 2005) New Revision: 4840
Added: branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter06/sysklogd.xml branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter07/sysklogd.xml Modified: branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml Log: Fixed: multi-arch sysklogd files Modified: branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml =================================================================== --- branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2005-03-31 18:58:40 UTC (rev 4839) +++ branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2005-03-31 19:00:53 UTC (rev 4840) @@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ <listitem><para>Updated: Arch: All - M4 to 1.4.3.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Updated: Arch: All - LFS-Bootscritps to 3.2.0.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>Removed: RaQ2 - lfs-bootscripts-3.1.0-raq2-2.patch</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>Fixed: Arch: All - Sysklogd missing files.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </listitem> </itemizedlist> Added: branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter06/sysklogd.xml =================================================================== --- branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter06/sysklogd.xml 2005-03-31 18:58:40 UTC (rev 4839) +++ branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter06/sysklogd.xml 2005-03-31 19:00:53 UTC (rev 4840) @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd"; [ + <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> + %general-entities; +]> +<sect1 id="ch-system-sysklogd" xreflabel="Sysklogd" role="wrap"> +<title>Sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;</title> +<?dbhtml filename="sysklogd.html"?> + +<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd"><primary sortas="a-Sysklogd">Sysklogd</primary></indexterm> + +<sect2 role="package"><title/> +<para>The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages, such +as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para> + +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> +<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> +<seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>0.5 MB</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> + +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> +<!-- <segtitle>Sysklogd installation depends on</segtitle> --> +<seglistitem><seg>Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Make</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> +</sect2> + +<sect2 role="installation"> +<title>Installation of Sysklogd</title> + +<para>The following patch fixes various issues, including a problem building +Sysklogd with Linux 2.6 series kernels</para> + +<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../sysklogd-&sysklogd-version;-fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen> + +<para>Compile the package:</para> + +<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> + +<para>Install the package:</para> + +<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> + +</sect2> + + +<sect2 id="conf-sysklogd" role="configuration"><title>Configuring Sysklogd</title> +<indexterm zone="conf-sysklogd"> +<primary sortas="a-Sysklogd">Sysklogd</primary> +<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> + +<indexterm zone="conf-sysklogd"><primary sortas="e-/etc/syslog.conf">/etc/syslog.conf</primary></indexterm> + +<para>Create a new <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename> file by running the +following:</para> + +<screen><userinput>cat > /etc/syslog.conf << "EOF" +# Begin /etc/syslog.conf + +auth,authpriv.* -/var/log/auth.log +*.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/sys.log +daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log +kern.* -/var/log/kern.log +mail.* -/var/log/mail.log +user.* -/var/log/user.log +*.emerg * + +# log the bootscript output: +local2.* -/var/log/boot.log + +# End /etc/syslog.conf +EOF</userinput></screen> + +</sect2> + + +<sect2 id="contents-sysklogd" role="content"><title>Contents of Sysklogd</title> + +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> +<seglistitem><seg>klogd and syslogd</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> + +<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> +<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> +<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> + +<varlistentry id="klogd"> +<term><command>klogd</command></term> +<listitem> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd klogd"><primary sortas="b-klogd">klogd</primary></indexterm> +<para>is a system daemon for intercepting and logging kernel messages.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="syslogd"> +<term><command>syslogd</command></term> +<listitem> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-sysklogd syslogd"><primary sortas="b-syslogd">syslogd</primary></indexterm> +<para>logs the messages that system programs offer for logging. Every logged +message contains at least a date stamp and a hostname, and normally the +program's name too, but that depends on how trusting the logging daemon is told +to be.</para> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + +</sect2> + +</sect1> Added: branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter07/sysklogd.xml =================================================================== --- branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter07/sysklogd.xml 2005-03-31 18:58:40 UTC (rev 4839) +++ branches/multi-arch/BOOK/chapter07/sysklogd.xml 2005-03-31 19:00:53 UTC (rev 4840) @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd"; [ + <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> + %general-entities; +]> +<sect1 id="ch-scripts-sysklogd"> +<title>Configuring the sysklogd script</title> +<?dbhtml filename="sysklogd.html"?> + +<indexterm zone="ch-scripts-sysklogd"> +<primary sortas="d-sysklogd">sysklogd</primary> +<secondary>configuring</secondary></indexterm> + +<para>The <filename>sysklogd</filename> script invokes the +<command>syslogd</command> program with the <parameter>-m 0</parameter> option. +This option turns off the periodic timestamp mark that +<command>syslogd</command> writes to the log files every 20 minutes by default. +If you want to turn on this periodic timestamp mark, edit the +<filename>sysklogd</filename> script and make the changes accordingly. See +<userinput>man syslogd</userinput> for more information.</para> + +</sect1> -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
