diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-servers/chapter.sgml
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@@ -5040,6 +5040,26 @@ driftfile /var/db/ntp.drift
be logged to the file specified previously,
/var/log/logclient.log.
+ The server machine must also have the following listing
+ placed inside /etc/rc.conf:
+
+ syslogd_enable="YES"
+syslogd_flags="-a logclient.example.com -vv"
+
+ The first option will enable the syslogd
+ daemon on boot up, and the second option allows data from the
+ specified client to be accepted on this server. The latter
+ part, using , will increase the verbosity
+ of logged messages. This is extremely useful for tweaking
+ facilities as administrators are able to see what type of
+ messages are being logged under which facility.
+
+ Multiple options may be specified to
+ allow logging from multiple clients. IP
+ addresses and whole netblocks may also be specified, see the
+ &man.syslog.3; manual page for a full list of possible
+ options.
+
Finally, the log file should be created. The method used
does not matter, but &man.touch.1; works great for situations
such as this:
@@ -5066,7 +5086,7 @@ driftfile /var/db/ntp.drift
to a logging server in addition to keeping local copies.
Similar to log servers, clients must also meet a few minimum
- requirements.
+ requirements:
@@ -5088,20 +5108,18 @@ driftfile /var/db/ntp.drift
Client configuration is a bit more relaxed when compared
- to that of the servers. The client machine must also have the
+ to that of the servers. The client machine must have the
following listing placed inside
/etc/rc.conf:syslogd_enable="YES"
-syslogd_flags="-a logclient.example.com -vv"
+syslogd_flags="-s -vv"
- The first option will enable the syslogd
- daemon on boot up, and the second line allows data from the
- client to be accepted on this server. The latter part, using
- , will increase the verbosity of logged
- messages. This is extremely useful for tweaking facilities as
- administrators are able to see what type of messages are being
- logged under which facility.
+ As before, these entries will enable the
+ syslogd daemon on boot up, and increases
+ the verbosity of logged messages. The
+ option prevents logs from being accepted by this client from
+ other hosts.Facilities describe the system part for which a message
is generated. For an example, ftp and
@@ -5128,14 +5146,15 @@ syslogd_flags="-a logclient.example.com -vv"
&prompt.root; /etc/rc.d/syslogd restartTo test that log messages are being sent across the network,
- use &man.logger.1; to send a message to
+ use &man.logger.1; on the client to send a message to
syslogd:&prompt.root; logger "Test message from logclient"
- This message should now exist in
- /var/log/messages on both the client
- and the server.
+ This message should now exist both in
+ /var/log/messages on the client, and
+ /var/log/logclient.log on the
+ log server.