Cross-Compiled Linux From Scratch - Sysroot - Version SVN-0.0.1-20061202-x86

Chapter 6. Installing Basic System Software

6.43. Sysklogd-1.4.1

The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages, such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.

6.43.1. Installation of Sysklogd

The following patch fixes various issues, including a problem building Sysklogd with Linux 2.6 series kernels: 

patch -Np1 -i ../sysklogd-1.4.1-fixes-1.patch

The following sed prevents changing the owner of the installed man pages and prevents install from trying to strip the installed binaries: 

cp Makefile{,.orig}
sed -e 's/-o ${MAN_USER} -g ${MAN_GROUP}//' \
    -e 's/500 -s/500/' Makefile.orig > Makefile

Compile the package: 

make CC="${CC}"

Install the package: 

make prefix=${CLFS} install

6.43.2. Configuring Sysklogd

Create a new ${CLFS}/etc/syslog.conf file by running the following: 

cat > ${CLFS}/etc/syslog.conf << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/syslog.conf

auth,authpriv.*                                 -/var/log/auth.log
*.*;auth,authpriv.none                          -/var/log/sys.log
daemon.*                                        -/var/log/daemon.log
kern.*                                          -/var/log/kern.log
mail.*                                          -/var/log/mail.log
user.*                                          -/var/log/user.log
*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none        -/var/log/messages
*.emerg                                         *

# log the bootscript output:
local2.*                                        -/var/log/boot.log

# End /etc/syslog.conf
EOF

6.43.3. Contents of Sysklogd

Installed programs: klogd and syslogd

Short Descriptions

klogd

A system daemon for intercepting and logging kernel messages

syslogd

Logs the messages that system programs offer for logging. Every logged message contains at least a date stamp and a hostname, and normally the program's name too, but that depends on how trusting the logging daemon is told to be.