Written by Rainer Gerhards (2007-12-17)
Rsyslog aims to be a drop-in replacement for sysklogd. However, version 3 has some considerable enhancements, which lead to some backward compatibility issues both in regard to sysklogd and rsyslog v1 and v2.
Rsyslog v3 is currently under initial development. Compatibility issues may be resolved, so be sure to check back often. Also, comments and suggestions are appreciated. Feedback right in time can now have a big impact on the route we take ;)
The -m command line option is ignored for the time being. There is no default mark period. If you need a 20 minute mark period you need to
$ModLoad immark # wherever this is
$MarkMessageInterval 1800 # 20 minutes
klogd has (finally) been replaced by a loadable input module. To enable klogd functionality, do
$ModLoad imklog
A limited set of klogd command line settings is now supported via rsyslog.conf. That set of configuration directives is to be expanded. So far, we support:
$klogSymbolsTwice [on/off]
$DebugPrintKernelSymbols [on/off] # spits *a lot* of messages at startup