Various language tweaks.

PR:		45604
Submitted by:	Chris Pepper <pepper@rockefeller.edu>
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Tom Rhodes 2002-12-24 01:04:42 +00:00
parent a106c6930a
commit 6b010ec682
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
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@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ blocks of lines separated by
.Em program
and
.Em hostname
specifications,
specifications (separations appear along on the line),
with each line containing two fields: the
.Em selector
field which specifies the types of messages and priorities to which the
@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ field by one or more tab characters or spaces.
Note that if you use spaces as separators, your
.Nm
might be incompatible with other Unices or Unix-like systems.
This functionality was added for the ease of configuration
This functionality was added for ease of configuration
(e.g. it is possible to cut-and-paste into
.Nm ) ,
and to avoid possible mistakes.
This change however preserves
backwards compatibility with the old style of the
backwards compatibility with the old style of
.Nm
(i.e. tab characters only).
.Pp
@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describes the part of the system generating the message, and is one of
the following keywords: auth, authpriv, console, cron, daemon, ftp, kern,
lpr, mail, mark, news, ntp, security, syslog, user, uucp and local0 through
local7.
These keywords (with the exception of mark) correspond to the
These keywords (with the exception of mark) correspond to
similar
.Dq Dv LOG_
values specified to the
@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ library routines.
The
.Em comparison flags
may be used to specify exactly what is logged.
The default set of comparison flags are
The default comparison is
.Dq =>
(or, if you prefer,
.Dq >= ) ,
which means that messages from the specified
.Em facility
list of a priority
level equal or greater than
list, and of a priority
level equal to or greater than
.Em level
will be logged.
Comparison flags beginning with
@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ The
describes the severity of the message, and is a keyword from the
following ordered list (higher to lower): emerg, alert, crit, err,
warning, notice, info and debug.
These keywords correspond to the
These keywords correspond to
similar
.Dq Dv LOG_
values specified to the
@ -155,14 +155,14 @@ A block will only log messages corresponding to the most recent
and
.Em hostname
specifications given.
Thus, a block which selects
Thus, with a block which selects
.Ql ppp
as the
.Em program ,
directly followed by a block that selects messages from the
.Em hostname
.Ql dialhost ,
then the second block will only log messages
the second block will only log messages
from the
.Xr ppp 8
program on dialhost.
@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ specification of the form
.Ql #+hostname
or
.Ql +hostname
and the following blocks will be applied to messages
means the following blocks will be applied to messages
received from the specified hostname.
Alternatively, a
Alternatively, the
.Em hostname
specification
.Ql #-hostname
@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ specification may be reset by giving the program or hostname as
.Pp
See
.Xr syslog 3
for a further descriptions of both the
for further descriptions of both the
.Em facility
and
.Em level
@ -272,9 +272,9 @@ characters.
An asterisk
.Pq Dq *
can be used to specify all
.Em facilities
.Em facilities ,
all
.Em levels
.Em levels ,
or all
.Em programs .
.Pp
@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ character are ignored.
A configuration file might appear as follows:
.Bd -literal
# Log all kernel messages, authentication messages of
# level notice or higher and anything of level err or
# level notice or higher, and anything of level err or
# higher to the console.
# Don't log private authentication messages!
*.err;kern.*;auth.notice;authpriv.none /dev/console
@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ Other messages logged with facility
.Dq kern
are usually translated to facility
.Dq user .
This translation can be disabled,
This translation can be disabled;
see
.Xr syslogd 8
for details.