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diff --git a/doc/ulogd.sgml b/doc/ulogd.sgml index 7202f45..750249c 100644 --- a/doc/ulogd.sgml +++ b/doc/ulogd.sgml @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ <!doctype linuxdoc system> -<!-- $Id: ulogd.sgml,v 1.3 2001/01/29 11:45:22 laforge Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: ulogd.sgml,v 1.4 2001/05/20 13:50:05 laforge Exp $ --> <article> <title>ULOGD - the Userspace Logging Daemon</title> <author>Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org></author> -<date>Revision $Revision: 1.3 $, $Date: 2001/01/29 11:45:22 $</date> +<date>Revision $Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2001/05/20 13:50:05 $</date> <abstract> This is the documentation for <tt>ulogd</tt>, the Userspace logging daemon. @@ -178,16 +178,29 @@ The module defines the following configuration directives: <descrip> <tag>syslogfile</tag>The filename where it should log to. The default is <tt>/var/log/ulogd.syslogemu</tt> </descrip> +<descrip> +<tag>syslogsync</tag>Set this to 1 if you want to have your logfile written synchronously. This may reduce performance, but makes your log-lines appear immediately. The default is <tt>0</tt> +</descrip> <tag>ulogd_MYSQL.so</tag> -An output plugin for logging into a mysql database. This is only compiled if you have the mysql libraries installed, and the configure script was able to detect them. (FIXME: how to do this) -<p> -The plugin automagically inserts the data into the configured table; It connects to mysql during the startup phase of ulogd and obtains a list of the columns in the table. Then it tries to resolve the column names against keys of interpreter plugins. This way you can easly select which information you want to log - just by the layout of the table. -<p> -If, for example, your table contains a field called 'ip_saddr', ulogd will resolve this against the key 'ip.saddr' and put the ip address as 32bit unsigned integer into the table. -<p> -You may want to have a look at the file '<tt>doc/mysql.table</tt>' as an example table including fields to log all keys from ulogd_BASE.so. Just delete the fields you are not interested in, and create the table. -<p> +An output plugin for logging into a mysql database. This is only compiled if +you have the mysql libraries installed, and the configure script was able to +detect them. (that is: --with-mysql was specified for ./configure) <p> + +The plugin automagically inserts the data into the configured table; It +connects to mysql during the startup phase of ulogd and obtains a list of the +columns in the table. Then it tries to resolve the column names against keys of +interpreter plugins. This way you can easly select which information you want +to log - just by the layout of the table. <p> + +If, for example, your table contains a field called 'ip_saddr', ulogd will +resolve this against the key 'ip.saddr' and put the ip address as 32bit +unsigned integer into the table. <p> + +You may want to have a look at the file '<tt>doc/mysql.table</tt>' as an +example table including fields to log all keys from ulogd_BASE.so. Just delete +the fields you are not interested in, and create the table. <p> + The module defines the following configuration directives: <descrip> <tag>mysqltable</tag> @@ -208,5 +221,9 @@ Password for mysql All comments / questions / ... are appreciated. <p> Just drop me a note to laforge@gnumonks.org +<p> +Please note also that there is now a mailinglist, ulogd@lists.gnumonks.org. +You can subscribe at +<URL URL="http://lists.gnumonks.org/mailman/listinfo/ulogd/"> </article> |