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.TH SYSLOGD "8" "September 2021" "GNU inetutils 2.2" "System Administration Utilities"
.SH NAME
syslogd \- Syslog server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B syslogd
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Log system messages.
.TP
\fB\-4\fR, \fB\-\-ipv4\fR
restrict to IPv4 transport (default)
.TP
\fB\-6\fR, \fB\-\-ipv6\fR
restrict to IPv6 transport
.TP
\fB\-a\fR SOCKET
add unix socket to listen to (up to 19)
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bind\fR=\fI\,ADDR\/\fR
bind listener to this address/name
.TP
\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-bind\-port\fR=\fI\,PORT\/\fR
bind listener to this port
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
print debug information (implies \fB\-\-no\-detach\fR)
.TP
\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-rcdir\fR=\fI\,DIR\/\fR
override configuration directory (default:
\fI\,/etc/syslog.d\/\fP)
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-rcfile\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
override configuration file (default:
\fI\,/etc/syslog.conf\/\fP)
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-hop\fR
forward messages from remote hosts
.TP
\fB\-\-ipany\fR
allow transport with IPv4 and IPv6
.TP
\fB\-l\fR HOSTLIST
log hosts in HOSTLIST by their hostname
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mark\fR=\fI\,INTVL\/\fR
specify timestamp interval in minutes (0 for no
timestamping)
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-forward\fR
do not forward any messages (overrides \fB\-\-hop\fR)
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-klog\fR
do not listen to kernel log device \fI\,/proc/kmsg\/\fP
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-unixaf\fR
do not listen on unix domain sockets (overrides \fB\-a\fR
and \fB\-p\fR)
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-detach\fR
do not enter daemon mode
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-socket\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
override default unix domain socket \fI\,/dev/log\/\fP
.TP
\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-pidfile\fR=\fI\,FILE\/\fR
override pidfile (default:
\fI\,/var/run/syslog.pid\/\fP)
.TP
\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-inet\fR
receive remote messages via internet domain socket
.TP
\fB\-s\fR DOMAINLIST
list of domains which should be stripped from the
FQDN of hosts before logging their name
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-sync\fR
force a file sync on every line
.TP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-local\-time\fR
set local time on received messages
.TP
\-?, \fB\-\-help\fR
give this help list
.TP
\fB\-\-usage\fR
give a short usage message
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print program version
.PP
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
for any corresponding short options.
.SH AUTHOR
Written by many authors.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-inetutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
logger(1)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B syslogd
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B syslogd
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info syslogd
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.