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Diffstat (limited to 'rsyslogd.8')
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@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@ .\" Copyright 2004-2005 Rainer Gerhards and Adiscon for the rsyslog modifications .\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License .\" -.TH RSYSLOGD 8 "21 June 2007" "Version 1.13.5 (devel)" "Linux System Administration" +.TH RSYSLOGD 8 "03 July 2007" "Version 1.14.2 (devel)" "Linux System Administration" .SH NAME rsyslogd \- reliable and extended syslogd .SH SYNOPSIS .B rsyslogd +.RB [ " \-4 " ] +.RB [ " \-6 " ] +.RB [ " \-A " ] .RB [ " \-a " .I socket ] .RB [ " \-d " ] .RB [ " \-e " ] +.br .RB [ " \-f " .I config file ] @@ -21,6 +25,7 @@ rsyslogd \- reliable and extended syslogd .RB [ " \-l " .I hostlist ] +.br .RB [ " \-m " .I interval ] @@ -94,6 +99,31 @@ man page. .LP .SH OPTIONS .TP +.BI "\-A" +When sending UDP messages, there are potentially multiple pathes to +the target destination. By default, +.B rsyslogd +only sends to the first target it can successfully send to. If -A +is given, messages are sent to all targets. This may improve +reliability, but may also cause message duplicaton. This option +should enabled only if it is fully understood. +.TP +.BI "\-4" +Causes +.B rsyslogd +to listen to IPv4 addresses only. +If neither -4 nor -6 is given, +.B rsyslogd +listens to all configured addresses of the system. +.TP +.BI "\-6" +Causes +.B rsyslogd +to listen to IPv6 addresses only. +If neither -4 nor -6 is given, +.B rsyslogd +listens to all configured addresses of the system. +.TP .BI "\-a " "socket" Using this argument you can specify additional sockets from that .B rsyslogd |