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diff --git a/doc/log_rotation_fix_size.html b/doc/log_rotation_fix_size.html index 190b24cb..51edf033 100644 --- a/doc/log_rotation_fix_size.html +++ b/doc/log_rotation_fix_size.html @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Channels to achieve this. Putting the following directive</p> # outchannel definiation $outchannel log_rotation,/var/log/log_rotation.log, 52428800,/home/me/./log_rotation_script # activate the channel and log everything to it -*.* $log_rotation +*.* :omfile:$log_rotation # end log rotation via outchannel </pre></p> diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html index 6020dd88..2e2293ce 100644 --- a/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_actions.html @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ definition. If you do this, the action will be ignored.</p> more precisely a single filter of such a selector line). Each action must be on its own line and the line must start with an ampersand ('&') character and have no filters. An example would be</p> -<p><code><b>*.=crit rger<br> +<p><code><b>*.=crit :omusrmsg:rger<br> & root<br> & /var/log/critmsgs</b></code></p> <p>These three lines send critical messages to the user rger and @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ actions per selector is</b> convenient and also <b>offers a performance benefit</b>. As the filter needs to be evaluated only once, there is less computation required to process the directive compared to the otherwise-equal config directives below:</p> -<p><code><b>*.=crit rger<br> +<p><code><b>*.=crit :omusrmsg:rger<br> *.=crit root<br> *.=crit /var/log/critmsgs</b></code></p> <p> </p> @@ -211,13 +211,19 @@ sysklogd,"<%PRI%>%TIMESTAMP% %syslogtag%%msg%\""<br> <h3>List of Users</h3> <p>Usually critical messages are also directed to "root'' on that machine. You can specify a list of users that shall get the -message by simply writing the login. You may specify more than one user -by separating them with commas (",''). If they're logged in they get -the message. Don't think a mail would be sent, that might be too late.</p> +message by simply writing ":omusrmsg: followed by the login name. For example, +the send messages to root, use ":omusrmsg:root". +You may specify more than one user +by separating them with commas (",''). Do not repeat the ":omusrmsg:" prefix in +this case. For example, to send data to users root and rger, use +":omusrmsg:root,rger" (do not use ":omusrmsg:root,:omusrmsg:rger", this is invalid). +If they're logged in they get +the message.</p> <h3>Everyone logged on</h3> <p>Emergency messages often go to all users currently online to notify them that something strange is happening with the system. To -specify this wall(1)-feature use an asterisk ("*'').</p> +specify this wall(1)-feature use an asterisk as the user message +destination(":omusrmsg:*'').</p> <h3>Call Plugin</h3> <p>This is a generic way to call an output plugin. The plugin must support this functionality. Actual parameters depend on the @@ -331,7 +337,7 @@ what you can do with it, see "TEMPLATES" at the top of this document.</p> [<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog site</a>]</p> <p><font size="2">This documentation is part of the <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> project.<br> -Copyright © 2008 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> and +Copyright © 2008-2011 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> and <a href="http://www.adiscon.com/">Adiscon</a>. Released under the GNU GPL version 2 or higher.</font></p> </body> diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html index b58ae9c2..9d06a497 100644 --- a/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html @@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ default may change as uniprocessor systems become less common. [available since <li>$PreserveFQDN [on/<b>off</b>) - if set to off (legacy default to remain compatible to sysklogd), the domain part from a name that is within the same domain as the receiving system is stripped. If set to on, full names are always used.</li> -<li>$WorkDirectory <name> (directory for spool and other work files)</li> +<li>$WorkDirectory <name> (directory for spool and other work files. +Do <b>not</b> use trailing slashes)</li> <li>$UDPServerAddress <IP> (imudp) -- local IP address (or name) the UDP listens should bind to</li> <li>$UDPServerRun <port> (imudp) -- former diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html index c52aaa5e..426f2f27 100644 --- a/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html +++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_output.html @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ does not activate it. To do so, you must use a selector line (see below). That selector line includes the channel name plus an $ sign in front of it. A sample might be:<br> <br> -*.* $mychannel<br> +*.* :omfile:$mychannel<br> <br> In its current form, output channels primarily provide the ability to size-limit an output file. To do so, specify a maximum size. When this |