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- Welcome to the sysklogd package for Linux. All the utility
- documentation has now been moved into the man pages. Please review
- these carefully before proceeding.
-
- Version 1.3 of the package is the culmination of about two years of
- experience and bug reports on the 1.2 version from both the INTERNET
- and our corporate Linux networks. The utilities in this package should
- provide VERY reliable system logging. Klogd and syslogd have both
- been stress tested in kernel development environments where literally
- hundreds of megabytes of kernel messages have been blasted through
- them. If either utility should fail the development team would
- appreciate debug information so that the bug can be reproduced and
- squashed.
-
- Both utilities (syslogd, klogd) can be either run from init or started
- as part of the rc.* sequence. Caution should be used when starting
- these utilities from init since the default configuration is for both of
- these utilities to auto-background themselves. Depending on the
- version of init being used this could either result in the process
- table being filled or at least 10 copies of the daemon being started.
- If auto-backgrounding is NOT desired the command line option -n should
- be used to disable the auto-fork feature.
-
- I have found work on the sysklogd package to be an interesting example
- of the powers of the INTERNET. Stephen, Juha, Shane, Martin and
- myself have successfully collaborated on the development of this
- package without ever having met each other, in fact we could pass on
- the street without realizing it. What I have developed is a profound
- respect for the personal capabilities of each one of these
- individuals. Perhaps the greatest `Linux Legacy' will be that its
- development/enhancement is truly an example of the powers of
- international cooperation through the worldwide INTERNET.
-
- We would be interested in keeping track of any and all bug
- fixes/changes that are made. At the time that work was started on the
- sysklogd package the syslog(d) sources seemed to have fallen into
- neglect. This work started with and continues the believe that it is
- important to maintain consistent standardized system utilities
- sources. Hopefully the Linux community will find these sources to be
- a useful addition to the software gene pool.
-
- There is a mailing list covering this package and syslog in general.
- The lists address is sysklogd@Infodrom.North.DE . To subscribe send a
- mail to Majordomo@Infodrom.North.DE with a line "subscribe sysklogd"
- in the message body.
-
- New versions of this package will be available at Joey's ftp server.
- ftp://ftp.infodrom.north.de/pub/people/joey/sysklogd/
-
- Best regards,
-
- Dr. Wettstein
- Oncology Research Division Computing Facility
- Roger Maris Cancer Center
- Fargo, ND
- greg@wind.rmcc.com
-
- Stephen Tweedie
- Department of Computer Science
- Edinburgh University, Scotland
-
- Juha Virtanen
- jiivee@hut.fi
-
- Shane Alderton
- shane@scs.apana.org.au
-
- Martin Schulze
- Infodrom Oldenburg
- joey@linux.de
-
- And a host of bug reporters whose contributions cannot be underestimated.
-