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Diffstat (limited to 'rsyslogd.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | rsyslogd.8 | 18 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .\" Copyright 2004-2005 Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon for the rsyslog modifications .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License .\" -.TH RSYSLOGD 8 "25 July 2005" "Version 0.9.4" "Linux System Administration" +.TH RSYSLOGD 8 "01 August 2005" "Version 0.9.5" "Linux System Administration" .SH NAME rsyslogd \- reliable and extended syslogd .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ rsyslogd \- reliable and extended syslogd .I config file ] .RB [ " \-h " ] +.RB [ " \-i " +.I pid file +] .RB [ " \-l " .I hostlist ] @@ -21,14 +24,15 @@ rsyslogd \- reliable and extended syslogd .I interval ] .RB [ " \-n " ] +.RB [ " \-o " ] .RB [ " \-p" .IB socket ] .RB [ " \-r " ] +.br .RB [ " \-s " .I domainlist ] -.br .RB [ " \-t " .I port ] @@ -115,6 +119,11 @@ Specifying this switch on the command line will cause the log daemon to forward any remote messages it receives to forwarding hosts which have been defined. .TP +.BI "\-i " "pid file" +Specify an alternative pid file instead of the default one. +This option must be used if multiple instances of rsyslogd should +run on a single machine. +.TP .BI "\-l " "hostlist" Specify a hostname that should be logged only with its simple hostname and not the fqdn. Multiple hosts may be specified using the colon @@ -142,6 +151,11 @@ Avoid auto-backgrounding. This is needed especially if the is started and controlled by .BR init (8). .TP +.B "\-o" +Omit reading the standard local log socket. This option is most +useful for running multiple instances of rsyslogd on a single +machine. When specified, no local log socket is opened at all. +.TP .BI "\-p " "socket" You can specify an alternative unix domain socket instead of .IR /dev/log "." |