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authorPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2008-09-11 13:06:32 +0200
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2008-09-11 13:06:32 +0200
commitb8026772439ca965f07b5792dfb97f26d8a82b92 (patch)
treee8439f53b4131cc9836c28d52e6b69a60e95f684 /ulogd.8
parent96083f79eef9fb9c134f30b529362b6004b72328 (diff)
doc: update ulogd man-page
This patch updates ulogd man page to add information about the new features. Based on one Eric Leblond's patch. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'ulogd.8')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ulogd.8 b/ulogd.8
index 7dfb2e9..fc8db15 100644
--- a/ulogd.8
+++ b/ulogd.8
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
-.TH ULOGD 8 "November 05, 2002" "Linux Netfilter"
+.TH ULOGD 8 "September 11, 2008" "Linux Netfilter"
.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
.\"
.\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@@ -16,15 +16,17 @@
.\" .sp <n> insert n+1 empty lines
.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7)
.SH NAME
-ulogd \- netfilter/iptables ULOG daemon
+ulogd \- netfilter/iptables logging daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ulogd [options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ulogd
-connects to the netlink device of the Linux kernel and reads messages
-from the netfilter that get queued with the iptables ULOG target. For
-this to work you have to compile the ULOG target into your kernel or
-load the respective module.
+is a logging daemon that reads event messages coming from the Netfilter
+connection tracking and the Netfilter packet logging subsystem. You have
+to enable support for connection tracking event delivery; ctnetlink and
+the NFLOG target in your Linux kernel 2.6.x or load their respective modules.
+The deprecated ULOG target (which has been superseded by NFLOG) is also
+supported.
.PP
The received messages can be logged into files or into a mySQL or
PostgreSQL database.
@@ -42,6 +44,12 @@ show usage information
.TP
.B -V, --version
show version information and copyright
+.TP
+.B -u <UID>, --uid <UID>
+change UID/GID
+.TP
+.B -i <pluginpath>, --info <pluginpath>
+display infos about plugin
.SH FILES
.I /etc/ulogd.conf
.br