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Diffstat (limited to 'sysutils/rsyslog5/files')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysutils/rsyslog5/files/pkg-message.in | 24 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sysutils/rsyslog5/files/pkg-message.in b/sysutils/rsyslog5/files/pkg-message.in index 290c22c3d8aa..644cf3b61481 100644 --- a/sysutils/rsyslog5/files/pkg-message.in +++ b/sysutils/rsyslog5/files/pkg-message.in @@ -1,16 +1,30 @@ =================================================================== To start using rsyslogd(8), stop syslogd(8) if it's running and add the following lines to rc.conf(5): - syslogd_enable="NO" - rsyslogd_enable="YES" + + syslogd_enable="NO" + rsyslogd_enable="YES" + To avoid warnings about rsyslogd running in compatibility mode, add this: - rsyslogd_flags="-c5" + + rsyslogd_flags="-c5" + It's recommended to copy syslog.conf(5) to %%PREFIX%%/etc/rsyslog.conf and edit it there. Otherwise add this: - rsyslogd_config="/etc/syslog.conf" + + rsyslogd_config="/etc/syslog.conf" + +Add the following (3) lines to the beginning of the config file, for +basic functionality: + + $ModLoad immark.so # provides --MARK-- message capability + $ModLoad imuxsock.so # provides support for local system logging + $ModLoad imklog.so # kernel logging + newsyslog(8) has the path of syslogd's pid file hardcoded. To make it work seamlessly with rsyslog, add this: - rsyslogd_pidfile="/var/run/syslog.pid" + + rsyslogd_pidfile="/var/run/syslog.pid" =================================================================== |