Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

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-n Print values only, no keynames.

-p Reset keys from information specified in /etc/sysctl.conf.

-w key=value

Write a new value to the specified key.

sysklogd

syslogd [options]

System administration command. sysklogd provides both syslogd

and klogd functionality. By default, it is meant to behave exactly

like the BSD version of syslogd. While the difference should be

completely transparent to the user, sysklogd supports an extended

syntax. It is invoked as syslogd.

sysklogd logs system messages into a set of files described by the

configuration file /etc/syslog.conf. Each message is one line. A

message can contain a priority code, marked by a number in angle

brackets at the beginning of the line. Priorities are defined in <sys/

syslog.h>. syslogd reads from an Internet domain socket specified

in /etc/services. To bring syslogd down, send it a terminate signal.

See also klogd.

Options

-a socket

Add socket to the list of sockets syslogd listens to.

-d Turn on debugging.

-f configfile

Specify alternate configuration file.

-h Forward messages from remote hosts to forwarding hosts.

-l hostlist

Specify hostnames that should be logged with just the host-

name, not the fully qualified domain name. Multiple hosts

should be separated by a colon (:).

-m markinterval

Select number of ...