From 97c8c8a9e27f92c539305567bbffffb5e9660fda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: deraadt Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 01:53:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] for the Nth time, the damn syslog socket is required --- usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 index 22d5fcd6592..04ce723ee89 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: syslogd.8,v 1.11 2000/03/19 17:57:16 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: syslogd.8,v 1.12 2000/04/16 01:53:15 deraadt Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ and from the special device (to read kernel messages). .Pp .Nm +opens the above described socket whether or not it is +running in secure mode. +If +.Nm +is running in secure mode, all incoming data on this socket is discarded. +The socket is required for sending forwarded messages. +.Pp +.Nm creates the file .Pa /var/run/syslog.pid , and stores its process ID there. -- 2.20.1