[syslog-ng]syslog-ng 1.6.5/1.9.3: syslog-ng.conf and syslog-ng(8) manpage

[José Pedro Oliveira]

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Balazs,

Two more notes about syslog-ng 1.6.x/1.9.x:

1) The default location of the configuration file has changed

    syslog-ng 1.6.5   ->  /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
    syslog-ng 1.9.3   ->  /etc/syslog-ng.conf

    See also:
    https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2005-January/006919.html

2) the syslog-ng manpage needs a major revision

    Several syslog-ng command line short options aren't
    listed (-e, -F, -g, -s, -u), the chroot option appears
    only in the Synopsis and none of the long options is
    documented.

    Below is the help page outputed by syslog-ng
    1.6.5 and 1.9.3.

    See also:
    http://www.campin.net/syslog-ng/chroot-jail.html
    (First P.S.)

==================================================
=== /sbin/syslog-ng -h
==================================================

--------------------------------------------------
--- syslog-ng 1.6.5
--------------------------------------------------
Usage: syslog-ng [options]
Accept and manage system log messages

Options:
   -s, --syntax-only                Only read and parse config file
   -d, --debug                      Turn on debugging messages
   -v, --verbose                    Be a bit more verbose
   -F, --foreground                 Don't fork into background
   -f <fname>, --cfgfile=<fname>    Set config file name, 
default=/etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
   -V, --version                    Display version number (syslog-ng 1.6.5)
   -p <fname>, --pidfile=<fname>    Set pid file name, 
default=/var/run/syslog-ng.pid
   -C <dir>, --chroot=<dir>         Chroot to directory
   -u <user>, --user=<user>         Switch to user
   -g <group>, --group=<group>      Switch to group
--------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------
--- syslog-ng 1.9.3
--------------------------------------------------
Usage: syslog-ng [options]
Accept and manage system log messages

Options:
   -s, --syntax-only                Only read and parse config file
   -d, --debug                      Turn on debugging messages
   -v, --verbose                    Be a bit more verbose
   -e, --stderr                     Log internal messages to stderr
   -F, --foreground                 Don't fork into background
   -f <fname>, --cfgfile=<fname>    Set config file name, 
default=/etc/syslog-ng.conf
   -V, --version                    Display version number (syslog-ng 1.9.3)
   -p <fname>, --pidfile=<fname>    Set pid file name, 
default=/var/run/syslog-ng.pid
   -C <dir>, --chroot=<dir>         Chroot to directory
   -u <user>, --user=<user>         Switch to user
   -g <group>, --group=<group>      Switch to group
--------------------------------------------------

Regards,
jpo
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