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5.4 KiB
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193 lines
5.4 KiB
Groff
.\" -*- nroff -*-
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.\" Copyright (c) 2018-2021 Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.Dd February 21, 2021
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.Dt LOGGER 1
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.Os sysklogd
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm logger
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.Nd Send messages to system log, or a log file
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl chiknsv
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.Op Fl d Ar SD
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.Op Fl f Ar FILE
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.Op Fl m Ar MSGID
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.Op Fl p Ar PRIO
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.Op Fl r Ar SIZE:NUM
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.Op Fl t Ar TAG
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.Op Fl u Ar SOCK
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.Op Ar MESSAGE
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.Sh DESCRIPTIOMN
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.Nm
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can be used to log messages to the system log daemon from a UNIX shell,
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or script. Optionally a stand-alone log file can be used, in which case
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the
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.Xr syslogp 3
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API is still used but
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.Nm syslogd
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is bypassed. This log file can also be automatically log rotated.
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.Pp
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Without a
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.Ar MESSAGE
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argument
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.Nm
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reads input from
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.Ar stdin .
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.Sh OPTIONS
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This program follows the usual UNIX command line syntax:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl c
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Log to console
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.Ql ( LOG_CONS )
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if
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.Fn syslog
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fails to send message to
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.Xr syslogd 8 .
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.It Fl d Ar SD
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Log this in the structured data (SD) field of an RFC5424 style log
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message. See
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.Fl m
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for caveats. Also, please note that
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.Ar sd
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has to be passed as one argument and will require careful quoting when
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used from the shell.
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.It Fl f Ar FILE
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Log file to write messages to, instead of syslog daemon.
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.Nm
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accepts
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.Fl f-
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as an alias for
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.Ar stdout .
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.It Fl i
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Log the process id of the logger process with each line
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.Ql ( LOG_PID ) .
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.It Fl k
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Log to kernel
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.Pa /dev/kmsg
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if
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.Pa /dev/log
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doesn't exist yet. Only works on Linux systems and only if
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.Fl u Ar SOCK
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and
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.Fl f Ar FILE
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are
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.Sy not used .
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When
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.Nm syslogd
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eventually starts, it will recognize these messages, due to not having
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kernel facility, and log them properly. Highly useful for userspace
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scripts and applications running before
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.Nm syslogd
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has started. E.g., mount helpers and similar.
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.It Fl m Ar MSGID
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The MSGID used for the message. Requires RFC5424 support in
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.Xr syslogd 8
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for receiving the message and also for storing it properly in a log file
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or sending remote in correctly formatted RFC5424 style.
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.It Fl n
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Open log file immediately
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.Ql ( LOG_NDELAY ) .
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.It Fl p Ar PRIO
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Priority, numeric or
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.Ar facility.severity
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pair.
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.It Fl r Ar SIZE:NUM
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Controls log file rotation.
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.Ar SIZE
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denotes number of bytes before rotating, default: 200 kB.
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.Ar NUM
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denotes number of rotated files to keep when logging to a file, default:
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5.
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.It Fl s
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Log to stderr as well as the system log.
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.It Fl t Ar TAG
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Log using the specified tag, default: username.
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.It Fl u Ar SOCK
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Log to UNIX domain socket
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.Ar SOCK
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instead of the default
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.Pa /dev/log .
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.It Fl v
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Show program version.
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.It Ar MESSAGE
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Log message to write. Remember to use single/double quotes if calling
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.Nm
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from a shell prompt due to expansion the shell does. If no message is
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given
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.Nm
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will read from
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.Ar stdin
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until EOF. In this mode every new row (newline separated) is converted
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into an independent
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.Xr syslogp 3
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call.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Bd -unfilled -offset left
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logger -t dropbear -p auth.notice "Successful login for user 'admin' from 1.2.3.4"
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logger -t udhcpc -f /tmp/script.log "New lease 1.2.3.200 obtained for interface eth0"
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.Ed
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /dev/log -compact
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.It Ar FILE
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If a custom log file is selected, using
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.Fl f Ar FILE ,
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then this file is opened and written to by
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.Nm .
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When log file rotation is enabled, using
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.Fl r Ar SIZE:NUM ,
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.Nm
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creates
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.Pa FILE.1 FILE.2 FILE.3.gz
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etc.
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.It Pa /dev/log
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Socket used for communicating with
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.Xr syslogd 8 .
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When built on BSD
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.Pa /var/run/log
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is used.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr syslogp 3
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.Xr syslogd 8
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.Nm
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was originally written by Joachim Wiberg to be a part of the
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.Xr finit 1
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system monitor (PID 1), where it is called
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.Nm logit .
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It is included here to complement
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.Xr syslogd 8
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and be extended upon in the sysklogd project.
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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command is expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 ("POSIX.2") compatible, with
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extensions for RFC5424 from NetBSD and custom log file and log file
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rotation unique to the sysklogd project.
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