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Document the fact that syslogd(8) requires logs files to be created

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before it will start logging to them.

PR:		27088
Approved by:	des
MFC after:	10 days
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Mike Barcroft 2001-07-18 13:31:08 +00:00
parent b30f37abbb
commit e3608b7813
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=79862
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usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
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@ -248,6 +248,12 @@ decimal number in angle braces, for example,
This priority code should map into the priorities defined in the
include file
.Aq Pa sys/syslog.h .
.Pp
For security reasons,
.Nm
will not append to log files that do not exist;
therefore, they must be created manually before running
.Nm .
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/run/syslog.pid -compact
.It Pa /etc/syslog.conf