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4211 Some syslog facility names and symbols are missing
3232 syslogd shouldn't sync after each LOG_KERN line
1762 Syslogd man page: missing reference.

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          --- old/usr/src/man/man4/syslog.conf.4
          +++ new/usr/src/man/man4/syslog.conf.4
   1    1  '\" te
        2 +.\" Copyright (c) 2013 Gary Mills
   2    3  .\" Copyright (c) 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
   3    4  .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement  specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
   4      -.TH SYSLOG.CONF 4 "Apr 26, 2006"
        5 +.TH SYSLOG.CONF 4 "Oct 17, 2013"
   5    6  .SH NAME
   6    7  syslog.conf \- configuration file for syslogd system log daemon
   7    8  .SH SYNOPSIS
   8    9  .LP
   9   10  .nf
  10   11  \fB/etc/syslog.conf\fR
  11   12  .fi
  12   13  
  13   14  .SH DESCRIPTION
  14   15  .sp
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  41   42  .in -2
  42   43  
  43   44  .sp
  44   45  .LP
  45   46  where \fIfacility\fR is a system facility, or comma-separated list of
  46   47  facilities, and \fIlevel\fR is an indication of the severity of the condition
  47   48  being logged. Recognized values for \fIfacility\fR include:
  48   49  .sp
  49   50  .ne 2
  50   51  .na
  51      -\fB\fBuser\fR\fR
       52 +\fB\fBkern\fR\fR
  52   53  .ad
  53   54  .RS 12n
  54      -Messages generated by user processes. This is the default priority for messages
  55      -from programs or facilities not listed in this file.
       55 +Messages generated by the kernel.
  56   56  .RE
  57   57  
  58   58  .sp
  59   59  .ne 2
  60   60  .na
  61      -\fB\fBkern\fR\fR
       61 +\fB\fBuser\fR\fR
  62   62  .ad
  63   63  .RS 12n
  64      -Messages generated by the kernel.
       64 +Messages generated by user processes. This is the default priority for messages
       65 +from programs or facilities not listed in this file.
  65   66  .RE
  66   67  
  67   68  .sp
  68   69  .ne 2
  69   70  .na
  70   71  \fB\fBmail\fR\fR
  71   72  .ad
  72   73  .RS 12n
  73   74  The mail system.
  74   75  .RE
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 116  117  \fB\fBuucp\fR\fR
 117  118  .ad
 118  119  .RS 12n
 119  120  Designated for the UUCP system; it does not currently use the \fBsyslog\fR
 120  121  mechanism.
 121  122  .RE
 122  123  
 123  124  .sp
 124  125  .ne 2
 125  126  .na
 126      -\fB\fBcron\fR\fR
      127 +\fB\fBbsdcron\fR\fR
 127  128  .ad
 128  129  .RS 12n
 129      -Designated for \fBcron\fR/\fBat\fR messages generated by systems that do
 130      -logging through \fBsyslog\fR. The current version of the Solaris Operating
 131      -Environment does not use this facility for logging.
      130 +Designated for the BSD cron/at system.
 132  131  .RE
 133  132  
 134  133  .sp
 135  134  .ne 2
 136  135  .na
      136 +\fB\fBauthpriv\fR\fR
      137 +.ad
      138 +.RS 12n
      139 +Designated for the BSD security/authorization system.
      140 +.RE
      141 +
      142 +.sp
      143 +.ne 2
      144 +.na
      145 +\fB\fBftp\fR\fR
      146 +.ad
      147 +.RS 12n
      148 +Designated for the file transfer system.
      149 +.RE
      150 +
      151 +.sp
      152 +.ne 2
      153 +.na
      154 +\fB\fBntp\fR\fR
      155 +.ad
      156 +.RS 12n
      157 +Designated for the network time system.
      158 +.RE
      159 +
      160 +.sp
      161 +.ne 2
      162 +.na
 137  163  \fB\fBaudit\fR\fR
 138  164  .ad
 139  165  .RS 12n
 140  166  Designated for audit messages generated by systems that audit by means of
 141  167  syslog.
 142  168  .RE
 143  169  
      170 +.sp
      171 +.ne 2
      172 +.na
      173 +\fB\fBconsole\fR\fR
      174 +.ad
      175 +.RS 12n
      176 +Designated for the BSD console system.
      177 +.RE
      178 +
      179 +.sp
      180 +.ne 2
      181 +.na
      182 +\fB\fBcron\fR\fR
      183 +.ad
      184 +.RS 12n
      185 +Designated for \fBcron\fR/\fBat\fR messages generated by systems that do
      186 +logging through \fBsyslog\fR. The current version of the Solaris Operating
      187 +Environment does not use this facility for logging.
      188 +.RE
      189 +
 144  190  .sp
 145  191  .ne 2
 146  192  .na
 147  193  \fB\fBlocal0-7\fR\fR
 148  194  .ad
 149  195  .RS 12n
 150  196  Designated for local use.
 151  197  .RE
 152  198  
 153  199  .sp
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