package/syslog-ng/Config.in

   1 config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSLOG_NG
   2         prompt "syslog-ng......................... A powerful syslog daemon"
   3         tristate
   4         default m if CONFIG_DEVEL
   5         select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOL
   6         help
   7                 syslog-ng reads and logs messages to the  system  console,  log
   8                 files, other machines and/or users as specified by its
   9                 configuration file.
  10
  11                 The  configuration  file is read at startup and is reread after
  12                 receipt of a hangup (HUP) signal.  When reloading the
  13                 configuration  file,  all destination  files  are  closed  and
  14                 reopened as appropriate. For more information about the
  15                 configuration file, see syslog-ng.conf(5).
  16
  17                 Typically messages are sent to  syslog-ng  via  a  Unix  domain
  18                 socket (/dev/log) or via UDP, to port 514 or to whatever
  19                 syslog/udp is defined to be in /etc/services.  To receive
  20                 messages from the kernel, /dev/klog is opened for reading.
  21
  22                 Messages sent to syslog-ng should be an entire line, prefixed
  23                 by a pri- ority code in between '<' and '>'.   Definititions
  24                 of  the  recognised values can be found in the include file
  25                 <sys/syslog.h>.
  26
  27                 syslog-ng  can  be  configured to pass messages on to other
  28                 syslog-ng's and when doing so, it sends the message on with the
  29                 priority as a  pre- fix.
  30
  31                 http://www.balabit.com/products/syslog_ng/