setting up sysklogd

casual setup

defaults differ on debian vs slackware, it’s better to keep those – this is just a clean-up

    mv -i syslog.conf syslog.conf.dist
    grep -vE '^#|^$' syslog.conf.dist > syslog.conf.clean
    grep -vE '^#|^$' syslog.conf.dist > syslog.conf

for both debian and slackware

vi /etc/default/syslogd

SYSLOGD_OPTS="-s -m0"
# -4 -n -T

    systemctl daemon-reload
    systemctl list-unit-files | grep syslogd
    systemctl enable syslogd --now
    systemctl status syslogd

ls -lF /etc/rc.d/rc.syslog
/etc/rc.d/rc.syslog restart

vi /etc/rc.local

echo -n sysklogd ...
/usr/local/sbin/syslogd -s -m0 && echo done

status

    pgrep -a syslogd

stop

    pkill syslogd

for some other purpose e.g. without -s, we are listening!

SYSLOGD_OPTS="-4 -m0 -c -b 0.0.0.0:5140"