248 lines
6.9 KiB
Groff
248 lines
6.9 KiB
Groff
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.\" @(#)syslogd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd October 12, 1995
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.Dt SYSLOGD 8
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.Os BSD 4.2
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm syslogd
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.Nd log systems messages
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl dnsuv
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.Op Fl a Ar allowed_peer
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.Op Fl f Ar config_file
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.Op Fl m Ar mark_interval
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.Op Fl p Ar log_socket
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.Op Fl l Ar path
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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daemon reads and logs messages to the system console, log files, other
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machines and/or users as specified by its configuration file.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl a Ar allowed_peer
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Allow
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.Ar allowed_peer
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to log to this
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.Nm
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using UDP datagrams. Multiple
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.Fl a
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options may be specified.
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.Pp
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.Ar Allowed_peer
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can be any of the following:
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.Bl -tag -width "ipaddr/masklen[:service]XX"
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.It Ar ipaddr/masklen Ns Op Ar :service
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Accept datagrams from
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.Ar ipaddr
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(in the usual dotted quad notation) with
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.Ar masklen
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bits being taken into account when doing the address comparision. If
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specified,
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.Ar service
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is the name or number of an UDP service (see
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.Xr services 5 ) Ns
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the source packet must belong to. A
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.Ar service
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of
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.Ql \&*
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allows packets being sent from any UDP port. The default
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.Ar service
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is
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.Ql syslog .
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A missing
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.Ar masklen
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will be substituted by the historic class A or class B netmasks if
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.Ar ipaddr
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belongs into the address range of class A or B, respectively, or
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by 24 otherwise.
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.It Ar domainname Ns Op Ar :service
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Accept datagrams where the reverse address lookup yields
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.Ar domainname
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for the sender address. The meaning of
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.Ar service
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is as explained above.
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.It Ar *domainname Ns Op Ar :service
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Same as before, except that any source host whose name
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.Em ends
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in
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.Ar domainname
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will get permission.
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.El
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.It Fl d
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Put
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.Nm
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into debugging mode. This is probably only of use to developers working on
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.Nm Ns .
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.It Fl f
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Specify the pathname of an alternate configuration file;
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the default is
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.Pa /etc/syslog.conf .
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.It Fl m
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Select the number of minutes between
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.Dq mark
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messages; the default is 20 minutes.
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.It Fl n
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Disable dns query for every request.
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.It Fl p
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Specify the pathname of an alternate log socket to be used instead;
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the default is
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.Pa /var/run/log .
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.It Fl l
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Specify a location where
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.Nm
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should place an additional log socket.
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Up to 19 additional logging sockets can be specified.
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The primary use for this is to place additional log sockets in
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.Pa /var/run/log
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of various chroot filespaces.
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.It Fl s
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Operate in secure mode. Do not log messages from remote machines. If
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specified twice, no network socket will be opened at all, which also
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disables logging to remote machines.
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.It Fl u
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Unique priority logging. Only log messages at the specified priority.
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Without this option, messages at the stated priority or higher are logged.
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This option changes the default comparison from
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.Dq =>
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to
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.Dq = .
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.It Fl v
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Verbose logging. If specified once, the numeric facility and priority are
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logged with each locally-written message. If specified more than once,
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the names of the facility and priority are logged with each locally-written
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message.
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.El
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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daemon reads its configuration file when it starts up and whenever it
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receives a hangup signal.
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For information on the format of the configuration file,
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see
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.Xr syslog.conf 5 .
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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daemon reads messages from the
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.Tn UNIX
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domain socket
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.Pa /var/run/log ,
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from an Internet domain socket specified in
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.Pa /etc/services ,
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and from the special device
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.Pa /dev/klog
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(to read kernel messages).
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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daemon creates the file
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.Pa /var/run/syslog.pid ,
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and stores its process
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id there.
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This can be used to kill or reconfigure
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.Nm Ns .
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.Pp
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The message sent to
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.Nm
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should consist of a single line.
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The message can contain a priority code, which should be a preceding
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decimal number in angle braces, for example,
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.Sq Aq 5.
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This priority code should map into the priorities defined in the
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include file
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.Aq Pa sys/syslog.h .
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /var/run/syslog.pid -compact
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.It Pa /etc/syslog.conf
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configuration file
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.It Pa /var/run/syslog.pid
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process id of current
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.Nm
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.It Pa /var/run/log
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name of the
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.Tn UNIX
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domain datagram log socket
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.It Pa /dev/klog
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kernel log device
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr logger 1 ,
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.Xr syslog 3 ,
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.Xr services 5 ,
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.Xr syslog.conf 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl a ,
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.Fl s ,
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.Fl u ,
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and
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.Fl v
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options are
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.Fx 2.2
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extensions.
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.Sh BUGS
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The ability to log messages received in UDP packets is equivalent to
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an unauthenticated remote disk-filling service, and should probably be
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disabled by default. Some sort of
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.No inter- Ns Nm syslogd
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authentication mechanism ought to be worked out. To prevent the worst
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abuse, use of the
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.Fl a
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option is therefore highly recommended.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fl a
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matching algorithm doesn't pretend to be very efficient; use of numeric
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IP addresses is faster than domain name comparision. Since the allowed
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peer list is being walked linearly, peer groups where frequent messages
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are being anticipated from should be put early into the
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.Fl a
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list.
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.Pp
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The log socket was moved from
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.Pa /dev
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to ease the use of a read-only root filesystem.
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This may confuse
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some old binaries so that a symbolic link might be used for a
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transitional period.
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