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Eric Andersen	c9f20d9	2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000	[diff] [blame]	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
Eric Andersen	c9f20d9	2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000	[diff] [blame]	8	config CONFIG_SYSLOGD
				9	bool "syslogd"
				10	default n
				11	help
Eric Andersen	08f4a4c	2003-02-28 07:20:55 +0000	[diff] [blame]	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,
Eric Andersen	88c916b	2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000	[diff] [blame]	19	especially for finding what happened when something goes
Eric Andersen	08f4a4c	2003-02-28 07:20:55 +0000	[diff] [blame]	20	wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if
				21	you wait long enough....
Eric Andersen	c9f20d9	2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000	[diff] [blame]	22
Eric Andersen	29c77f7	2003-10-09 09:43:18 +0000	[diff] [blame]	23	config CONFIG_FEATURE_ROTATE_LOGFILE
				24	bool " Rotate message files"
				25	default n
				26	depends on 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
Eric Andersen	c9f20d9	2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000	[diff] [blame]	31	config CONFIG_FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG
				32	bool " Remote Log support"
				33	default n
				34	depends on CONFIG_SYSLOGD
				35	help
Eric Andersen	08f4a4c	2003-02-28 07:20:55 +0000	[diff] [blame]	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.
Eric Andersen	c9f20d9	2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000	[diff] [blame]	44
				45	config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
				46	bool " Circular Buffer support"
				47	default n
				48	depends on CONFIG_SYSLOGD
				49	help
Eric Andersen	08f4a4c	2003-02-28 07:20:55 +0000	[diff] [blame]	50	When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will
				51	use a circular buffer to record system log messages.
				52	When the buffer is filled it will continue to overwrite
Eric Andersen	88c916b	2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000	[diff] [blame]	53	the oldest messages. This can be very useful for
				54	systems with little or no permanent storage, since
Eric Andersen	08f4a4c	2003-02-28 07:20:55 +0000	[diff] [blame]	55	otherwise system logs can eventually fill up your
				56	entire filesystem, which may cause your system to
				57	break badly.
Eric Andersen	c9f20d9	2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000	[diff] [blame]	58
				59	config CONFIG_LOGREAD
				60	bool " logread"
				61	default y
				62	depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
				63	help
Eric Andersen	08f4a4c	2003-02-28 07:20:55 +0000	[diff] [blame]	64	If you enabled Circular Buffer support, you almost
				65	certainly want to enable this feature as well. This
				66	utility will allow you to read the messages that are
				67	stored in the syslogd circular buffer.
				68
				69	config CONFIG_KLOGD
				70	bool "klogd"
				71	default n
				72	depends on CONFIG_SYSLOGD
				73	help
Eric Andersen	88c916b	2003-10-22 09:58:56 +0000	[diff] [blame]	74	klogd is a utility which intercepts and logs all
Eric Andersen	08f4a4c	2003-02-28 07:20:55 +0000	[diff] [blame]	75	messages from the Linux kernel and sends the messages
				76	out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If
				77	you wish to record the messages produced by the kernel,
				78	you should enable this option.
				79
				80	config CONFIG_LOGGER
				81	bool "logger"
				82	default n
Eric Andersen	08f4a4c	2003-02-28 07:20:55 +0000	[diff] [blame]	83	help
Eric Andersen	480f153	2003-07-26 08:20:46 +0000	[diff] [blame]	84	The logger utility allows you to send arbitrary text
				85	messages to the system log (i.e. the 'syslogd' utility) so
				86	they can be logged. This is generally used to help locate
				87	problems that occur within programs and scripts.
Eric Andersen	c9f20d9	2002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000	[diff] [blame]	88
				89	endmenu
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