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Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 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
6menu "System Logging Utilities"
7
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]8config CONFIG_SYSLOGD
9 bool "syslogd"
10 default n
11 help
Eric Andersen08f4a4c2003-02-28 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,
19 especially for finding what happened when somthing goes
20 wrong. And something almost always will go wrong if
21 you wait long enough....
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]22
23config CONFIG_FEATURE_REMOTE_LOG
24 bool " Remote Log support"
25 default n
26 depends on CONFIG_SYSLOGD
27 help
Eric Andersen08f4a4c2003-02-28 07:20:55 +0000[diff] [blame]28 When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility can
29 be used to send system log messages to another system
30 connected via a network. This allows the remote
31 machine to log all the system messages, which can be
32 terribly useful for reducing the number of serial
33 cables you use. It can also be a very good security
34 measure to prevent system logs from being tampered with
35 by an intruder.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]36
37config CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
38 bool " Circular Buffer support"
39 default n
40 depends on CONFIG_SYSLOGD
41 help
Eric Andersen08f4a4c2003-02-28 07:20:55 +0000[diff] [blame]42 When you enable this feature, the syslogd utility will
43 use a circular buffer to record system log messages.
44 When the buffer is filled it will continue to overwrite
45 the oldest messaged. This can be very useful for
46 systems with little or no perminant storage, since
47 otherwise system logs can eventually fill up your
48 entire filesystem, which may cause your system to
49 break badly.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]50
51config CONFIG_LOGREAD
52 bool " logread"
53 default y
54 depends on CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG
55 help
Eric Andersen08f4a4c2003-02-28 07:20:55 +0000[diff] [blame]56 If you enabled Circular Buffer support, you almost
57 certainly want to enable this feature as well. This
58 utility will allow you to read the messages that are
59 stored in the syslogd circular buffer.
60
61config CONFIG_KLOGD
62 bool "klogd"
63 default n
64 depends on CONFIG_SYSLOGD
65 help
66 klogd is a utility which which intercepts and logs all
67 messages from the Linux kernel and sends the messages
68 out to the 'syslogd' utility so they can be logged. If
69 you wish to record the messages produced by the kernel,
70 you should enable this option.
71
72config CONFIG_LOGGER
73 bool "logger"
74 default n
Eric Andersen08f4a4c2003-02-28 07:20:55 +0000[diff] [blame]75 help
Eric Andersen480f1532003-07-26 08:20:46 +0000[diff] [blame]76 The logger utility allows you to send arbitrary text
77 messages to the system log (i.e. the 'syslogd' utility) so
78 they can be logged. This is generally used to help locate
79 problems that occur within programs and scripts.
Eric Andersenc9f20d92002-12-05 08:41:41 +0000[diff] [blame]80
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