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Update man pages with new per-rule options and fix old paths

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Signed-off-by: Joachim Nilsson <troglobit@gmail.com>
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Joachim Nilsson
2019-11-03 12:19:06 +01:00
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@@ -305,12 +305,12 @@ five files in total are kept, including the non-rotated file.
This stores all messages of priority
.Ql crit
in the file
.Pa /var/adm/critical ,
.Pa /var/log/critical ,
with the exception of any kernel messages.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# Store critical stuff in critical
#
*.=crit;kern.none /var/adm/critical
*.=crit;kern.none /var/log/critical
.Ed
.Ss Kernel
This is an example of the 2nd selector overwriting part of the first
@@ -325,19 +325,18 @@ and
.Ql warning
to get logged.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# Kernel messages are stored in the kernel file,
# critical messages and higher ones also go
# to another host and to the console
# Kernel messages are stored in the kernel file, critical messages and
# higher ones also go to another host and to the console
#
kern.* /var/adm/kernel
kern.crit @finlandia;RFC5424
kern.* /var/log/kernel
kern.crit @finlandia ;RFC5424
kern.crit /dev/console
kern.info;kern.!err /var/adm/kernel-info
kern.info;kern.!err /var/log/kernel.info
.Ed
.Pp
The first rule directs any message that has the kernel facility to the
file
.Pa /var/adm/kernel .
.Pa /var/log/kernel .
Recall that only the kernel itself can log to this facility.
.Pp
The second statement directs all kernel messages of priority
@@ -361,7 +360,7 @@ to save all kernel messages that come with priorities from
up to
.Ql warning
in the file
.Pa /var/adm/kernel-info .
.Pa /var/log/kernel.info .
.Ss Redirecting to a TTY
This directs all messages that use
.Ql mail.info
@@ -384,11 +383,11 @@ This pattern matches all messages that come with the
facility, except for the
.Ql info
priority. These will be stored in the file
.Pa /var/adm/mail .
.Pa /var/log/mail .
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# Write all mail related logs to a file
#
mail.*;mail.!=info /var/adm/mail
mail.*;mail.!=info /var/log/mail
.Ed
.Ss Single Priority from Two Facilities
This will extract all messages that come either with
@@ -396,11 +395,11 @@ This will extract all messages that come either with
or with
.Ql news.info
and store them in the file
.Pa /var/adm/info .
.Pa /var/log/info .
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# Log all mail.info and news.info messages to info
#
mail,news.=info /var/adm/info
mail,news.=info /var/log/info
.Ed
.Ss Advanced Filtering, part 1
This logs all messages that come with either the
@@ -456,8 +455,8 @@ and 'joey', if they're logged in.
*.alert root,joey
.Ed
.Ss Log Rotation
This logs all messages except kernel messages to the file
.Pa /log/messages
This example logs all messages except kernel messages to the file
.Pa /var/log/messages
without syncing ('-') the file after each log message. When the file
reaches 100 kiB it is rotated. In total are only 10 rotated files,
including the main file itself and compressed files kept. The size