svn commit: r314563 - head/usr.sbin/syslogd
Ngie Cooper
ngie at FreeBSD.org
Thu Mar 2 18:07:20 UTC 2017
Author: ngie
Date: Thu Mar 2 18:07:19 2017
New Revision: 314563
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/314563
Log:
Wordsmith syslogd(8)
- Clarify -p/-S options by using appropriate subject-verb modifiers
(verb and modifiers suggested that the subject should have been
singular).
- Simplify/correct -a description:
-- Be more terse when describing IPv4 (the "usual dotted notation"
isn't necessarily well understood by the reader). Being blunt and
saying "IPv4 address" with an optional netmask is.
-- prefixlen is the appropriate terminology for IPv6.
-- mask/prefixlen is optional, not required (as noted later on in the
section).
-- split up IPv4/IPv6 use so to clarify both forms.
-- Fix wordiness when describing the optional "service" specifier.
- -T: Use "cannot" instead of "can't" [*].
Bump .Dd for the changes.
MFC after: 1 month
Reported by: igor [*]
Reviewed by: hrs
Sponsored by: Dell EMC Isilon
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D9855
Modified:
head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
Modified: head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 Thu Mar 2 17:35:13 2017 (r314562)
+++ head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 Thu Mar 2 18:07:19 2017 (r314563)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" @(#)syslogd.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd December 21, 2016
+.Dd March 2, 2017
.Dt SYSLOGD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -102,21 +102,23 @@ options may be specified.
The
.Ar allowed_peer
option may be any of the following:
-.Bl -tag -width "ipaddr/masklen[:service]XX"
+.Bl -tag -width "ipaddr[/prefixlen][:service]XX"
.It Xo
.Sm off
.Ar ipaddr
-.No / Ar masklen
+.Op / Ar masklen
+.Op \&: Ar service
+.Pp
+.Ar ipaddr
+.Op / Ar prefixlen
.Op \&: Ar service
.Sm on
.Xc
Accept datagrams from
+.Ar ipaddr ,
.Ar ipaddr
-(in the usual dotted quad notation) with
-.Ar masklen
-bits being taken into account when doing the address comparison.
-.Ar ipaddr
-can be also IPv6 address by enclosing the address with
+can be specified as an IPv4 address or as an IPv6
+address enclosed with
.Ql \&[
and
.Ql \&] .
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ A
.Ar service
of
.Ql \&*
-allows packets being sent from any UDP port.
+allows packets to be sent from any UDP port.
The default
.Ar service
is
@@ -265,7 +267,7 @@ the default is
.Pa /var/run/log .
When a single
.Fl p
-options are specified,
+option is specified,
the default pathname is replaced with the specified one.
When two or more
.Fl p
@@ -282,7 +284,7 @@ the default is
.Pa /var/run/logpriv .
When a single
.Fl S
-options are specified,
+option is specified,
the default pathname is replaced with the specified one.
When two or more
.Fl S
@@ -309,7 +311,7 @@ which also disables logging to remote ma
.It Fl T
Always use the local time and date for messages received from the network,
instead of the timestamp field supplied in the message by the remote host.
-This is useful if some of the originating hosts can't keep time properly
+This is useful if some of the originating hosts cannot keep time properly
or are unable to generate a correct timestamp.
.It Fl u
Unique priority logging.
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