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authorDima Dorfman <dd@FreeBSD.org>2001-09-01 08:42:49 +0000
committerDima Dorfman <dd@FreeBSD.org>2001-09-01 08:42:49 +0000
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Introduce a -b option that allows the user to specify which address to
bind to. This is useful for hosts running jails that need syslog to maintain an open socket to log to a remote host. Reviewed by: sheldonh
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=82728
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
index 5e56d2572dbf..641bb4ad2ee1 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
.Nm
.Op Fl 46Adknsuv
.Op Fl a Ar allowed_peer
+.Op Fl b Ar bind_address
.Op Fl f Ar config_file
.Op Fl m Ar mark_interval
.Op Fl p Ar log_socket
@@ -151,6 +152,10 @@ The
options are ignored if the
.Fl s
option is also specified.
+.It Fl b Ar bind_address
+Specify one specific IP address or hostname to bind to.
+If a hostname is specified,
+the IPv4 or IPv6 address which corresponds to it is used.
.It Fl d
Put
.Nm