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4211 Some syslog facility names and symbols are missing
1762 Syslogd man page: missing reference.

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 '\" te
+.\" Copyright (c) 2013 Gary Mills
 .\" Copyright (c) 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement  specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
-.TH SYSLOG.CONF 4 "Apr 26, 2006"
+.TH SYSLOG.CONF 4 "Oct 17, 2013"
 .SH NAME
 syslog.conf \- configuration file for syslogd system log daemon
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .LP
 .nf

@@ -46,24 +47,24 @@
 facilities, and \fIlevel\fR is an indication of the severity of the condition
 being logged. Recognized values for \fIfacility\fR include:
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .na
-\fB\fBuser\fR\fR
+\fB\fBkern\fR\fR
 .ad
 .RS 12n
-Messages generated by user processes. This is the default priority for messages
-from programs or facilities not listed in this file.
+Messages generated by the kernel.
 .RE
 
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .na
-\fB\fBkern\fR\fR
+\fB\fBuser\fR\fR
 .ad
 .RS 12n
-Messages generated by the kernel.
+Messages generated by user processes. This is the default priority for messages
+from programs or facilities not listed in this file.
 .RE
 
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .na

@@ -121,28 +122,73 @@
 .RE
 
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .na
-\fB\fBcron\fR\fR
+\fB\fBbsdcron\fR\fR
 .ad
 .RS 12n
-Designated for \fBcron\fR/\fBat\fR messages generated by systems that do
-logging through \fBsyslog\fR. The current version of the Solaris Operating
-Environment does not use this facility for logging.
+Designated for the BSD cron/at system.
 .RE
 
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .na
+\fB\fBauthpriv\fR\fR
+.ad
+.RS 12n
+Designated for the BSD security/authorization system.
+.RE
+
+.sp
+.ne 2
+.na
+\fB\fBftp\fR\fR
+.ad
+.RS 12n
+Designated for the file transfer system.
+.RE
+
+.sp
+.ne 2
+.na
+\fB\fBntp\fR\fR
+.ad
+.RS 12n
+Designated for the network time system.
+.RE
+
+.sp
+.ne 2
+.na
 \fB\fBaudit\fR\fR
 .ad
 .RS 12n
 Designated for audit messages generated by systems that audit by means of
 syslog.
 .RE
 
+.sp
+.ne 2
+.na
+\fB\fBconsole\fR\fR
+.ad
+.RS 12n
+Designated for the BSD console system.
+.RE
+
+.sp
+.ne 2
+.na
+\fB\fBcron\fR\fR
+.ad
+.RS 12n
+Designated for \fBcron\fR/\fBat\fR messages generated by systems that do
+logging through \fBsyslog\fR. The current version of the Solaris Operating
+Environment does not use this facility for logging.
+.RE
+
 .sp
 .ne 2
 .na
 \fB\fBlocal0-7\fR\fR
 .ad