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Eric Andersen
2003-02-28
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Add all the syslogd help text
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sysklogd/Config.in+51 -16
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| menu "System Logging Utilities" | |
| - | config CONFIG_KLOGD |
| - | bool "klogd" |
| - | default n |
| - | help |
| - | Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. |
| - | |
| - | config CONFIG_LOGGER |
| - | bool "logger" |
| - | default n |
| - | help |
| - | Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. |
| - | |
| config CONFIG_SYSLOGD | |
| bool "syslogd" | |
| default n | |
| help | |
| - | Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. |
| + | The syslogd utility is used to record logs of all the |
| + | significant events that occur on a system. Every |
| + | message that is logged records the date and time of the |
| + | event, and will generally also record the name of the |
| + | application that generated the message. When used in |
| + | conjunction with klogd, messages from the Linux kernel |
| + | can also be recorded. This is terribly useful, |
| + | especially for finding what happened when somthing goes |
| + | wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if |
| + | you wait long enough.... |
| config CONFIG_FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG | |
| bool " Remote Log support" | |
| default n | |
| depends on CONFIG_SYSLOGD | |
| help | |
| - | Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. |
| + | When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility can |
| + | be used to send system log messages to another system |
| + | connected via a network. This allows the remote |
| + | machine to log all the system messages, which can be |
| + | terribly useful for reducing the number of serial |
| + | cables you use. It can also be a very good security |
| + | measure to prevent system logs from being tampered with |
| + | by an intruder. |
| config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG | |
| bool " Circular Buffer support" | |
| default n | |
| depends on CONFIG_SYSLOGD | |
| help | |
| - | Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. |
| + | When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will |
| + | use a circular buffer to record system log messages. |
| + | When the buffer is filled it will continue to overwrite |
| + | the oldest messaged. This can be very useful for |
| + | systems with little or no perminant storage, since |
| + | otherwise system logs can eventually fill up your |
| + | entire filesystem, which may cause your system to |
| + | break badly. |
| config CONFIG_LOGREAD | |
| bool " logread" | |
| default y | |
| depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG | |
| help | |
| - | Please submit a patch to add help text for this item. |
| + | If you enabled Circular Buffer support, you almost |
| + | certainly want to enable this feature as well. This |
| + | utility will allow you to read the messages that are |
| + | stored in the syslogd circular buffer. |
| + | |
| + | config CONFIG_KLOGD |
| + | bool "klogd" |
| + | default n |
| + | depends on CONFIG_SYSLOGD |
| + | help |
| + | klogd is a utility which which intercepts and logs all |
| + | messages from the Linux kernel and sends the messages |
| + | out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If |
| + | you wish to record the messages produced by the kernel, |
| + | you should enable this option. |
| + | |
| + | config CONFIG_LOGGER |
| + | bool "logger" |
| + | default n |
| + | depends on CONFIG_SYSLOGD |
| + | help |
| + | The logger utility allows you to send arbitrary text |
| + | messages to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be |
| + | logged. This is generally used to help locate problems |
| + | that occur within programs and scripts. |
| endmenu | |