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author | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2008-09-11 13:06:32 +0200 |
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committer | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2008-09-11 13:06:32 +0200 |
commit | b8026772439ca965f07b5792dfb97f26d8a82b92 (patch) | |
tree | e8439f53b4131cc9836c28d52e6b69a60e95f684 /ulogd.8 | |
parent | 96083f79eef9fb9c134f30b529362b6004b72328 (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')
-rw-r--r-- | ulogd.8 | 20 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -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 +The deprecated ULOG target (which has been superseded by NFLOG) is also +supported.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 |