On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Stefan Unterweger <ste...@aleturo.com> wrote: > Hi! > > I've recently tried debugging a pppd(8) connection and noticed that the > information in the chat(8) manpage was a little imprecise with regard to > how logging is done. > > According to chat.c (lines 304 onward, from 4.9-release), it will log > using facility LOCAL2 and level WARNING. If -v is specified, it will > also log up to level INFO. I think it might be useful to include this > information in the manpage as well; see patch below. > > > Regards, > s//un > > > Index: chat/chat.8 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/pppd/chat/chat.8,v > retrieving revision 1.18 > diff -u -r1.18 chat.8 > --- chat/chat.8 28 Oct 2010 18:34:44 -0000 1.18 > +++ chat/chat.8 25 Jul 2011 15:08:18 -0000 > @@ -58,8 +58,12 @@ > .It Fl S > Do not use > .Xr syslog 3 . > -By default, error messages are logged via > -.Xr syslog 3 . > +By default, error messages are logged through > +.Xr syslog 3 > +with facility > +.Ar local2 > +and level > +.Ar warning . > The use of > .Fl S > will prevent both log messages from > @@ -110,8 +114,10 @@ > .Nm > program will then log the execution state of the chat script as well as all > text received from the modem and the output strings sent to the modem. > -The default is to log via > -.Xr syslog 3 ; > +The default is to log through > +.Xr syslog 3 > +with level > +.Ar info ; > the logging method may be altered with the > .Fl S > and
Having scratched my head around this in the past, I can say I like it. Ok for me. ciao, David
