[RFC] [patch] handbook/network/chapter.sgml

Jason Helfman jhelfman at e-e.com
Thu Dec 30 19:16:36 UTC 2010


This patch is the result of this page throwing me for a loop:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-syslogd.html
                         
If you look at Section 2.11.1 it appears that syslogd has:
                         
syslogd_flags="-a logclient.example.com -vv"
                         
This obviously looks like two dash v's, however if you look at this online,
it looks like a "w"
                         
If you use this flag, it isn't an option, and syslog fails to start. Here is
a patch that separates this throughout this document into:
                         
"-v -v"
                         
-jgh

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Jason Helfman
System Administrator
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--- chapter.sgml.orig	2010-12-30 10:34:58.000000000 -0800
+++ chapter.sgml	2010-12-30 10:39:15.000000000 -0800
@@ -5172,12 +5172,12 @@
 	placed inside <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
 
       <programlisting>syslogd_enable="YES"
-syslogd_flags="-a logclient.example.com -vv"</programlisting>
+syslogd_flags="-a logclient.example.com -v -v"</programlisting>
 
       <para>The first option will enable the <command>syslogd</command>
 	daemon on boot up, and the second option allows data from the
 	specified client to be accepted on this server.  The latter
-	part, using <option>-vv</option>, will increase the verbosity
+	part, using <option>-v -v</option>, will increase the verbosity
 	of logged messages.  This is extremely useful for tweaking
 	facilities as administrators are able to see what type of
 	messages are being logged under which facility.</para>
@@ -5241,7 +5241,7 @@
 	<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
 
       <programlisting>syslogd_enable="YES"
-syslogd_flags="-s -vv"</programlisting>
+syslogd_flags="-s -v -v"</programlisting>
 
       <para>As before, these entries will enable the
 	<command>syslogd</command> daemon on boot up, and increases
@@ -5306,7 +5306,7 @@
 	<literal>syslogd_flags</literal> option to look like the
 	following example, and issue a restart:</para>
 
-      <programlisting>syslogd_flags="-d -a logclien.example.com -vv"</programlisting>
+      <programlisting>syslogd_flags="-d -a logclien.example.com -v -v"</programlisting>
 
       <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/etc/rc.d/syslogd restart</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -5327,7 +5327,7 @@
 	by bit, it appears a typo in the following
 	<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> line has an issue:</para>
 
-      <programlisting>syslogd_flags="-d -a logclien.example.com -vv"</programlisting>
+      <programlisting>syslogd_flags="-d -a logclien.example.com -v -v"</programlisting>
 
       <para>The line should contain <literal>logclient</literal>, not
 	<literal>logclien</literal>.  After the proper alterations


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