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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 | 16 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 index c2ea27826487..31b6dedf6636 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)syslogd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 -.\" $Id: syslogd.8,v 1.4 1996/07/22 16:35:48 pst Exp $ +.\" $Id: syslogd.8,v 1.5 1996/10/23 20:17:55 julian Exp $ .\" .Dd October 12, 1995 .Dt SYSLOGD 8 @@ -117,9 +117,6 @@ The process id of current Name of the .Tn UNIX domain datagram log socket. -.Nm syslogd -might also create a symlink from the location of the old default -socket, (/dev/log) so as to assist backwards compatibility. .It Pa /dev/klog The kernel log device. .El @@ -139,8 +136,9 @@ an unauthenticated remote disk-filling service, and should probably be disabled by default. Some sort of .No inter- Ns Nm syslogd authentication mechanism ought to be worked out. -The log socket was moved from /dev to ease the use -of a read-only root filesystem. This may confuse some old binaries -and if possible, syslogd will create a symlink to help these programs, -however if the root filesystem is already read only, and the link is not -pre-existing, these binaries will not be able to log messages. +.Pp +The log socket was moved from +.Pa /dev +to ease the use of a read-only root filesystem. This may confuse +some old binaries so that a symbolic link might be used for a +transitional period. |