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| 2 | .\" <!-- Copyright 2004-2007 Double Precision, Inc. See COPYING for --> |
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| 4 | .\" Title: courierlogger |
| 5 | .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] |
| 6 | .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> |
| 7 | .\" Date: 06/20/2015 |
| 8 | .\" Manual: Double Precision, Inc. |
| 9 | .\" Source: Double Precision, Inc. |
| 10 | .\" Language: English |
| 11 | .\" |
| 12 | .TH "COURIERLOGGER" "1" "06/20/2015" "Double Precision, Inc." "Double Precision, Inc." |
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| 32 | .SH "NAME" |
| 33 | courierlogger \- Courier syslog wrapper |
| 34 | .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| 35 | .HP \w'\fBcourierlogger\fR\ 'u |
| 36 | \fBcourierlogger\fR [\-name=\fItitle\fR] [\-facility=\fIsubsystem\fR] [\-pid=\fIfilename\fR] [\-user=\fIuser\fR] [\-group=\fIgroup\fR] [\-droproot] [[[\-respawn]\ [\-start]\ \fIprogram\fR\ [argument...]] | [\-stop] | [\-restart]] |
| 37 | .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| 38 | .PP |
| 39 | \fBcourierlogger\fR |
| 40 | is a wrapper that captures another process\*(Aqs error messages, and forwards them to the system logging facility, |
| 41 | \(lqsyslog\(rq\&. |
| 42 | .PP |
| 43 | There are two ways to use courierlogger: |
| 44 | .sp |
| 45 | .RS 4 |
| 46 | .ie n \{\ |
| 47 | \h'-04' 1.\h'+01'\c |
| 48 | .\} |
| 49 | .el \{\ |
| 50 | .sp -1 |
| 51 | .IP " 1." 4.2 |
| 52 | .\} |
| 53 | Use the shell to pipe another command\*(Aqs standard error, and/or its standard output, to |
| 54 | \fBcourierlogger\fR\*(Aqs standard input\&. |
| 55 | .RE |
| 56 | .sp |
| 57 | .RS 4 |
| 58 | .ie n \{\ |
| 59 | \h'-04' 2.\h'+01'\c |
| 60 | .\} |
| 61 | .el \{\ |
| 62 | .sp -1 |
| 63 | .IP " 2." 4.2 |
| 64 | .\} |
| 65 | Alternatively, |
| 66 | \fBcourierlogger\fR |
| 67 | itself can start another process, and arrange to have its standard error captured\&. |
| 68 | .RE |
| 69 | .PP |
| 70 | In either case, each read line of text is sent as a syslog message\&. |
| 71 | .SH "OPTIONS" |
| 72 | .PP |
| 73 | \-name=\fItitle\fR |
| 74 | .RS 4 |
| 75 | Use |
| 76 | \fItitle\fR |
| 77 | for sending messages to syslog\&. |
| 78 | \fItitle\fR |
| 79 | should be the application\*(Aqs name\&. |
| 80 | .RE |
| 81 | .PP |
| 82 | \-facility=\fIsubsystem\fR |
| 83 | .RS 4 |
| 84 | Use |
| 85 | \fIsubsystem\fR |
| 86 | for classifying messages\&. Your syslog facility uses |
| 87 | \fIsubsystem\fR |
| 88 | to determine which log messages are recorded in which log files\&. The currently defined subsystems are: |
| 89 | .sp |
| 90 | .RS 4 |
| 91 | .ie n \{\ |
| 92 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 93 | .\} |
| 94 | .el \{\ |
| 95 | .sp -1 |
| 96 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 97 | .\} |
| 98 | auth |
| 99 | .RE |
| 100 | .sp |
| 101 | .RS 4 |
| 102 | .ie n \{\ |
| 103 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 104 | .\} |
| 105 | .el \{\ |
| 106 | .sp -1 |
| 107 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 108 | .\} |
| 109 | authpriv |
| 110 | .RE |
| 111 | .sp |
| 112 | .RS 4 |
| 113 | .ie n \{\ |
| 114 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 115 | .\} |
| 116 | .el \{\ |
| 117 | .sp -1 |
| 118 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 119 | .\} |
| 120 | console |
| 121 | .RE |
| 122 | .sp |
| 123 | .RS 4 |
| 124 | .ie n \{\ |
| 125 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 126 | .\} |
| 127 | .el \{\ |
| 128 | .sp -1 |
| 129 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 130 | .\} |
| 131 | cron |
| 132 | .RE |
| 133 | .sp |
| 134 | .RS 4 |
| 135 | .ie n \{\ |
| 136 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 137 | .\} |
| 138 | .el \{\ |
| 139 | .sp -1 |
| 140 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 141 | .\} |
| 142 | daemon |
| 143 | .RE |
| 144 | .sp |
| 145 | .RS 4 |
| 146 | .ie n \{\ |
| 147 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 148 | .\} |
| 149 | .el \{\ |
| 150 | .sp -1 |
| 151 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 152 | .\} |
| 153 | ftp |
| 154 | .RE |
| 155 | .sp |
| 156 | .RS 4 |
| 157 | .ie n \{\ |
| 158 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 159 | .\} |
| 160 | .el \{\ |
| 161 | .sp -1 |
| 162 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 163 | .\} |
| 164 | kern |
| 165 | .RE |
| 166 | .sp |
| 167 | .RS 4 |
| 168 | .ie n \{\ |
| 169 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 170 | .\} |
| 171 | .el \{\ |
| 172 | .sp -1 |
| 173 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 174 | .\} |
| 175 | lpr |
| 176 | .RE |
| 177 | .sp |
| 178 | .RS 4 |
| 179 | .ie n \{\ |
| 180 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 181 | .\} |
| 182 | .el \{\ |
| 183 | .sp -1 |
| 184 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 185 | .\} |
| 186 | mail |
| 187 | .RE |
| 188 | .sp |
| 189 | .RS 4 |
| 190 | .ie n \{\ |
| 191 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 192 | .\} |
| 193 | .el \{\ |
| 194 | .sp -1 |
| 195 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 196 | .\} |
| 197 | news |
| 198 | .RE |
| 199 | .sp |
| 200 | .RS 4 |
| 201 | .ie n \{\ |
| 202 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 203 | .\} |
| 204 | .el \{\ |
| 205 | .sp -1 |
| 206 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 207 | .\} |
| 208 | security |
| 209 | .RE |
| 210 | .sp |
| 211 | .RS 4 |
| 212 | .ie n \{\ |
| 213 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 214 | .\} |
| 215 | .el \{\ |
| 216 | .sp -1 |
| 217 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 218 | .\} |
| 219 | user |
| 220 | .RE |
| 221 | .sp |
| 222 | .RS 4 |
| 223 | .ie n \{\ |
| 224 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 225 | .\} |
| 226 | .el \{\ |
| 227 | .sp -1 |
| 228 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 229 | .\} |
| 230 | uucp |
| 231 | .RE |
| 232 | .sp |
| 233 | .RS 4 |
| 234 | .ie n \{\ |
| 235 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 236 | .\} |
| 237 | .el \{\ |
| 238 | .sp -1 |
| 239 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 240 | .\} |
| 241 | local0 |
| 242 | .RE |
| 243 | .sp |
| 244 | .RS 4 |
| 245 | .ie n \{\ |
| 246 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 247 | .\} |
| 248 | .el \{\ |
| 249 | .sp -1 |
| 250 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 251 | .\} |
| 252 | local1 |
| 253 | .RE |
| 254 | .sp |
| 255 | .RS 4 |
| 256 | .ie n \{\ |
| 257 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 258 | .\} |
| 259 | .el \{\ |
| 260 | .sp -1 |
| 261 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 262 | .\} |
| 263 | local2 |
| 264 | .RE |
| 265 | .sp |
| 266 | .RS 4 |
| 267 | .ie n \{\ |
| 268 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 269 | .\} |
| 270 | .el \{\ |
| 271 | .sp -1 |
| 272 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 273 | .\} |
| 274 | local3 |
| 275 | .RE |
| 276 | .sp |
| 277 | .RS 4 |
| 278 | .ie n \{\ |
| 279 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 280 | .\} |
| 281 | .el \{\ |
| 282 | .sp -1 |
| 283 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 284 | .\} |
| 285 | local4 |
| 286 | .RE |
| 287 | .sp |
| 288 | .RS 4 |
| 289 | .ie n \{\ |
| 290 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 291 | .\} |
| 292 | .el \{\ |
| 293 | .sp -1 |
| 294 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 295 | .\} |
| 296 | local5 |
| 297 | .RE |
| 298 | .sp |
| 299 | .RS 4 |
| 300 | .ie n \{\ |
| 301 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 302 | .\} |
| 303 | .el \{\ |
| 304 | .sp -1 |
| 305 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 306 | .\} |
| 307 | local6 |
| 308 | .RE |
| 309 | .sp |
| 310 | .RS 4 |
| 311 | .ie n \{\ |
| 312 | \h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c |
| 313 | .\} |
| 314 | .el \{\ |
| 315 | .sp -1 |
| 316 | .IP \(bu 2.3 |
| 317 | .\} |
| 318 | local7 |
| 319 | .RE |
| 320 | .sp |
| 321 | .if n \{\ |
| 322 | .sp |
| 323 | .\} |
| 324 | .RS 4 |
| 325 | .it 1 an-trap |
| 326 | .nr an-no-space-flag 1 |
| 327 | .nr an-break-flag 1 |
| 328 | .br |
| 329 | .ps +1 |
| 330 | \fBNote\fR |
| 331 | .ps -1 |
| 332 | .br |
| 333 | Not all of the above facility names are implemented on every system\&. Check your system\*(Aqs syslog documentation for information on which facility names are allowed, and which log files record the corresponding messages for each facility\&. |
| 334 | .sp .5v |
| 335 | .RE |
| 336 | .RE |
| 337 | .PP |
| 338 | \-pid=\fIfilename\fR |
| 339 | .RS 4 |
| 340 | Save |
| 341 | \fBcourierlogger\fR\*(Aqs process ID in |
| 342 | \fIfilename\fR\&. The |
| 343 | \fI\-pid\fR |
| 344 | option is required when |
| 345 | \fI\-start\fR, |
| 346 | \fI\-stop\fR, |
| 347 | \fI\-restart\fR |
| 348 | are given\&. If |
| 349 | \fI\-pid\fR |
| 350 | is given without any of these, |
| 351 | \fI\-start\fR |
| 352 | is assumed\&. |
| 353 | .RE |
| 354 | .PP |
| 355 | \-start |
| 356 | .RS 4 |
| 357 | Run as a daemon\&. The |
| 358 | \fBpid\fR |
| 359 | option is required\&. |
| 360 | \fBcourierlogger\fR |
| 361 | will quietly terminate if another |
| 362 | \fBcourierlogger\fR |
| 363 | process is already running\&. This is used to make sure that only one instance of |
| 364 | program |
| 365 | is running at the same time\&. Specify a different filename with |
| 366 | \fBpid\fR |
| 367 | to start a second copy of |
| 368 | program\&. |
| 369 | .RE |
| 370 | .PP |
| 371 | \-respawn |
| 372 | .RS 4 |
| 373 | Restart |
| 374 | program |
| 375 | if it terminates\&. Normally |
| 376 | \fBcourierlogger\fR |
| 377 | itself will terminate when |
| 378 | program |
| 379 | finishes running\&. Use |
| 380 | \fBrespawn\fR |
| 381 | to restart it instead\&. |
| 382 | .RE |
| 383 | .PP |
| 384 | \-restart |
| 385 | .RS 4 |
| 386 | Send a |
| 387 | SIGHUP |
| 388 | signal to the courierlogger process (as determined by examining the contents of the file specified by |
| 389 | \fBpid\fR), which will in turn send a |
| 390 | SIGHUP |
| 391 | to its child |
| 392 | program\&. Does nothing if courierlogger is not running\&. |
| 393 | .if n \{\ |
| 394 | .sp |
| 395 | .\} |
| 396 | .RS 4 |
| 397 | .it 1 an-trap |
| 398 | .nr an-no-space-flag 1 |
| 399 | .nr an-break-flag 1 |
| 400 | .br |
| 401 | .ps +1 |
| 402 | \fBNote\fR |
| 403 | .ps -1 |
| 404 | .br |
| 405 | program |
| 406 | must be originally started with the |
| 407 | \fBrespawn\fR |
| 408 | option if sending it a |
| 409 | SIGHUP |
| 410 | causes it to terminate\&. |
| 411 | .sp .5v |
| 412 | .RE |
| 413 | The same thing may be accomplished by sending |
| 414 | SIGHUP |
| 415 | to |
| 416 | \fBcourierlogger\fR |
| 417 | itself\&. |
| 418 | .RE |
| 419 | .PP |
| 420 | \-stop |
| 421 | .RS 4 |
| 422 | Send a |
| 423 | SIGTERM |
| 424 | signal to courierlogger, which in turn forwards it on to |
| 425 | program\&. If |
| 426 | program |
| 427 | does not terminate in 8 seconds, kill it with |
| 428 | SIGKILL\&. |
| 429 | .RE |
| 430 | .PP |
| 431 | \-user=\fIuser\fR, \-group=\fIgroup\fR |
| 432 | .RS 4 |
| 433 | If running as root, change credentials to the given user and/or group, which may be given as names or numeric ids\&. |
| 434 | .sp |
| 435 | When running a child program, it is started |
| 436 | \fIbefore\fR |
| 437 | privileges are dropped (unless the |
| 438 | \fB\-droproot\fR |
| 439 | option is also given)\&. This gives a means of starting a child as root so it can bind to a privileged port, but still have courierlogger run as a non\-root user\&. For the |
| 440 | \fB\-stop\fR |
| 441 | and |
| 442 | \fB\-restart\fR |
| 443 | options to work, you should configure the child program to drop its privileges to the same userid too\&. |
| 444 | .RE |
| 445 | .PP |
| 446 | \-droproot |
| 447 | .RS 4 |
| 448 | Drop root privileges before starting the child process\&. The |
| 449 | \fB\-user\fR |
| 450 | and |
| 451 | \fB\-group\fR |
| 452 | options specify the non\-privileges userid and groupid\&. Without the |
| 453 | \fB\-droproot\fR |
| 454 | option the child process remains a root process, and only the parent |
| 455 | \fBcourierlogger\fR |
| 456 | process drops root privileges\&. |
| 457 | .RE |
| 458 | .PP |
| 459 | \fIprogram\fR [ argument ] \&.\&.\&. |
| 460 | .RS 4 |
| 461 | If a program is given |
| 462 | program |
| 463 | will be started as a child process of |
| 464 | \fBcourierlogger\fR, capturing its standard error\&. Otherwise, |
| 465 | \fBcourierlogger\fR |
| 466 | reads message from standard input, and automatically terminates when standard input is closed\&. |
| 467 | .RE |
| 468 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 469 | .PP |
| 470 | \m[blue]\fB\fBcouriertcpd\fR(1)\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2, your syslog man page\&. |
| 471 | .SH "NOTES" |
| 472 | .IP " 1." 4 |
| 473 | \fBcouriertcpd\fR(1) |
| 474 | .RS 4 |
| 475 | \%[set $man.base.url.for.relative.links]/couriertcpd.html |
| 476 | .RE |