Documentation/devtools/maemo5/syslog - Revision history

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			{{ambox
			\|type=warning
			\|text='''Security Warning.'''<br/> syslog outputs may include sensitive information, for example [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=88347 IMEI and phone numbers]
			}}

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	Note that with time syslog can fill the root filesystem completely. When that's done by a root process like syslog, it can become so full that the device fails to boot. Several days or even couple of weeks shouldn't be a problem, but it depends on the device usage. So, '''after you don't anymore need syslog, remove it and <tt>rm /var/log/syslog*</tt>.'''		Note that with time syslog can fill the root filesystem completely. When that's done by a root process like syslog, it can become so full that the device fails to boot. Several days or even couple of weeks shouldn't be a problem, but it depends on the device usage. So, '''after you don't anymore need syslog, remove it and <tt>rm /var/log/syslog*</tt>.'''

			If you want to share your syslog file with public (Bugzilla?), removing IMEI and BSSID numbers is very important for security purposes.

	== Links ==		== Links ==

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Usage

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	Note that ~~when you don't need syslog, it's best to remove it and rm /var/log/syslog*. Syslog has some log file rotation, but~~ with time it can fill the root filesystem completely. When that's done by a root process, it can become so full		Note that with time syslog can fill the root filesystem completely. When that's done by a root process like syslog, it can become so full that the device fails to boot. Several days or even couple of weeks shouldn't be a problem, but it depends on the device usage. So, '''after you don't anymore need syslog, remove it and <tt>rm /var/log/syslog*</tt>.'''
	that the device fails to boot.

	== Links ==		== Links ==

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devtools template

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Usage: Add warning

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	# start sysklogd		# start sysklogd
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			Note that when you don't need syslog, it's best to remove it and rm /var/log/syslog*. Syslog has some log file rotation, but with time it can fill the root filesystem completely. When that's done by a root process, it can become so full
			that the device fails to boot.

	== Links ==		== Links ==

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Packages

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Usage

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	== Usage ==		== Usage ==

	To start the ~~sysklogd daemon~~:		To start the klogd and syslog daemons:

	<pre>		<pre>
	# ~~/etc/init.d/~~sysklogd ~~start~~		# start sysklogd
	</pre>		</pre>

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Links

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	== Links ==		== Links ==

	[~~sysklogd man page](~~/development/documentation/man_pages/sysklogd~~.html)~~		[http://maemo.org/development/documentation/man_pages/sysklogd/ sysklogd man page]

	[/development/documentation/man_pages/klogd~~.html\|~~klogd man page]~~(/development/documentation/man_pages/klogd.html)~~		[http://maemo.org/development/documentation/man_pages/klogd/ klogd man page]

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

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Links

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	[sysklogd man page](/development/documentation/man_pages/sysklogd.html)		[sysklogd man page](/development/documentation/man_pages/sysklogd.html)

	[klogd man page](/development/documentation/man_pages/klogd.html)		[/development/documentation/man_pages/klogd.html\|klogd man page](/development/documentation/man_pages/klogd.html)

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==

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