Correct some errors where the tense changes in the middle of the

sentence and apply some other wording improvements to make the
text more readble.

Submitted by:	bjk
This commit is contained in:
Benedict Reuschling 2012-06-03 19:44:39 +00:00
parent 520cc92402
commit aa095da897
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=38971

View file

@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ ifconfig_fxp0_alias7="inet 202.0.75.20 netmask 255.255.255.255"</programlisting>
<para>System logging is an important aspect of system
administration. It is used both to detect hardware and software
issues and errors in the system, as well as playing a very
issues and errors in the system, it also plays a very
important role in security auditing and incident response.
System daemons without a controlling terminal also usually log
information to a system logging facility or other log
@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ ifconfig_fxp0_alias7="inet 202.0.75.20 netmask 255.255.255.255"</programlisting>
forward. The configuration file contains one line per action,
and the syntax for each line is a selector field followed by
an action field. The syntax of the selector field is
<replaceable>facility.level</replaceable> and this will match
<replaceable>facility.level</replaceable> which will match
log messages from <replaceable>facility</replaceable> at level
<replaceable>level</replaceable> or higher. It is also
possible to add an optional comparison flag before the level
@ -1541,21 +1541,21 @@ cron.* /var/log/cron
<literal>err</literal> or higher, as well as
<literal>kern.warning</literal>,
<literal>auth.notice</literal> and
<literal>mail.crit</literal>, and sends these log messages
<literal>mail.crit</literal>, and send these log messages
to the console (<filename>/dev/console</filename>).</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs="co-syslog-one-match">
<para>Match all messages from the <literal>mail</literal>
facility at level <literal>info</literal> or above, and
logs the messages to
log the messages to
<filename>/var/log/maillog</filename>.</para>
</callout>
<callout arearefs="co-syslog-comparison">
<para>This line uses a comparison flag, <literal>=</literal>
to only match messages at level <literal>debug</literal>,
and logs them in
and log them in
<filename>/var/log/debug.log</filename>.</para>
</callout>
@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ cron.* /var/log/cron
<para>For more information about the different levels and
facilities, refer to &man.syslog.3; and &man.syslogd.8;.
For more information about <filename>syslog.conf</filename>,
its syntax and more advanced usage examples, see
its syntax, and more advanced usage examples, see
&man.syslog.conf.5; and <xref
linkend="network-syslogd">.</para>
</sect2>
@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ cron.* /var/log/cron
program is used to periodically rotate and compress log files,
as well as optionally create missing log files and signal
programs when log files are moved. The log files do not
necessarily have to come from syslog, &man.newsyslog.8; works
necessarily have to come from syslog; &man.newsyslog.8; works
with any logs written from any program. It is important to
note that <command>newsyslog</command> is normally run from
&man.cron.8; and is not a system daemon. In the default