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| author |  John F. Carr <jfc@mit.edu> | 1991-09-02 14:53:49 +0000 |
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| committer | John F. Carr <jfc@mit.edu> | 1991-09-02 14:53:49 +0000 |
| commit | a9ce1b1ce43b147606af785e9122c5819f6d3217 (patch) | |
| tree | ed1abc2f30ca88702ebbab577ce5a63383642f87 /clients/syslogd | |
| parent | 9ca5d5c96890b5e10a36d262e145ead08070aecc (diff) | |
Mention zephyr.
Diffstat (limited to 'clients/syslogd')
| -rw-r--r-- | clients/syslogd/syslogd.8 | 19 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/clients/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/clients/syslogd/syslogd.8 index 85282b3..1bf6def 100644 --- a/clients/syslogd/syslogd.8 +++ b/clients/syslogd/syslogd.8 @@ -112,11 +112,21 @@ Selected messages are forwarded to the on the named host. .IP \(bu 3n A comma separated list of users. -Selected messages are written to those users -if they are logged in. +Selected messages are written (using the Zephyr notification system) +to those users if they have subscribed to "syslog" class notices with +instance equal the hostname of the machine that syslogd in running on. .IP \(bu 3n An asterisk. -Selected messages are written to all logged-in users. +Selected messages are written (using Zephyr) to all users who have subscribed +to the "syslog" class notices with +instance equal the hostname of the machine that syslogd in running on. +(This is the Zephyr equivalent of a wall.) +.IP \(bu 3n +An "!" followed comma separated list of local users. The local users +will be notified by examining /etc/utmp to obtain their terminal and writing +to it. +.IP \(bu 3n +"!*" Will write to the ttys of all users found in /etc/utmp. .PP Blank lines and lines beginning with `#' are ignored. .PP @@ -181,4 +191,5 @@ it should be sent a terminate signal (e.g. kill \`cat /etc/syslog.pid\`). .fi .SH SEE ALSO logger(1), -syslog(3) +syslog(3), +zephyr(1) |