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Clarify the facility used for logging with and without the wrapping

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PR:		17017
Submitted by:	Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>
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Sheldon Hearn 2000-03-01 08:20:17 +00:00
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@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ The following options are available:
.It Fl d
Turn on debugging.
.It Fl l
Turn on logging.
Turn on logging of successful connections.
.It Fl w
Turn on TCP Wrapping for external services.
See the
@ -517,6 +517,16 @@ option
.Nm
will log an entry to syslog each time a connection is accepted, noting the
service selected and the IP-number of the remote requestor if available.
Unless otherwise specified in the configuration file,
and in the absence of the
.Fl W
and
.Fl w
options,
.Nm
will log to the
.Dq daemon
facility.
.Pp
The
.Nm
@ -549,13 +559,16 @@ option is given, such
services will be wrapped.
If both options are given, wrapping for both
internal and external services will be enabled.
.Pp
If the
Either wrapping option
will cause failed connections to be logged to the
.Dq auth
syslog facility.
Adding the
.Fl l
option is specified, all connection attempts are logged, whether they are
allowed, denied or not wrapped at all.
Otherwise, only denied requests will
be logged.
flag to the wrapping options will include successful connections in the
logging to the
.Dq auth
facility.
.Pp
Note that
.Nm