[package] firewall: clean up description (#7875)
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1 #
2 # For a description of the syntax of this configuration file,
3 # see scripts/kbuild/config-language.txt.
4 #
5
6 menu "System Logging Utilities"
7
8 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
9 bool "syslogd"
10 default y
11 help
12 The syslogd utility is used to record logs of all the
13 significant events that occur on a system. Every
14 message that is logged records the date and time of the
15 event, and will generally also record the name of the
16 application that generated the message. When used in
17 conjunction with klogd, messages from the Linux kernel
18 can also be recorded. This is terribly useful,
19 especially for finding what happened when something goes
20 wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if
21 you wait long enough....
22
23 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE
24 bool "Rotate message files"
25 default y
26 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
27 help
28 This enables syslogd to rotate the message files
29 on his own. No need to use an external rotatescript.
30
31 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG
32 bool "Remote Log support"
33 default y
34 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
35 help
36 When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility can
37 be used to send system log messages to another system
38 connected via a network. This allows the remote
39 machine to log all the system messages, which can be
40 terribly useful for reducing the number of serial
41 cables you use. It can also be a very good security
42 measure to prevent system logs from being tampered with
43 by an intruder.
44
45 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_DUP
46 bool "Support -D (drop dups) option"
47 default n
48 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
49 help
50 Option -D instructs syslogd to drop consecutive messages
51 which are totally the same.
52
53 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_READ_BUFFER_SIZE
54 int "Read buffer size in bytes"
55 default 256
56 range 256 20000
57 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
58 help
59 This option sets the size of the syslog read buffer.
60 Actual memory usage increases around five times the
61 change done here.
62
63 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
64 bool "Circular Buffer support"
65 default y
66 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_SYSLOGD
67 help
68 When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will
69 use a circular buffer to record system log messages.
70 When the buffer is filled it will continue to overwrite
71 the oldest messages. This can be very useful for
72 systems with little or no permanent storage, since
73 otherwise system logs can eventually fill up your
74 entire filesystem, which may cause your system to
75 break badly.
76
77 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG_BUFFER_SIZE
78 int "Circular buffer size in Kbytes (minimum 4KB)"
79 default 16
80 range 4 2147483647
81 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
82 help
83 This option sets the size of the circular buffer
84 used to record system log messages.
85
86 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGREAD
87 bool "logread"
88 default y
89 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
90 help
91 If you enabled Circular Buffer support, you almost
92 certainly want to enable this feature as well. This
93 utility will allow you to read the messages that are
94 stored in the syslogd circular buffer.
95
96 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_LOGREAD_REDUCED_LOCKING
97 bool "Double buffering"
98 default n
99 depends on BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGREAD
100 help
101 'logread' ouput to slow serial terminals can have
102 side effects on syslog because of the semaphore.
103 This option make logread to double buffer copy
104 from circular buffer, minimizing semaphore
105 contention at some minor memory expense.
106
107 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_KLOGD
108 bool "klogd"
109 default y
110 help
111 klogd is a utility which intercepts and logs all
112 messages from the Linux kernel and sends the messages
113 out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If
114 you wish to record the messages produced by the kernel,
115 you should enable this option.
116
117 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_LOGGER
118 bool "logger"
119 default y
120 select BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG
121 help
122 The logger utility allows you to send arbitrary text
123 messages to the system log (i.e. the 'syslogd' utility) so
124 they can be logged. This is generally used to help locate
125 problems that occur within programs and scripts.
126
127 endmenu
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