#DPATCHLEVEL=0 --- syslogd/syslogd.8.orig 2000-08-05 15:39:00.000000000 +0300 +++ syslogd/syslogd.8 2006-01-09 07:11:57.000000000 +0200 @@ -116,9 +116,12 @@ .Pa /dev/log , from an Internet domain socket specified in .Pa /etc/services , -and from the special device +and from the one of the special devices .Pa /dev/klog -(to read kernel messages). +or +.Pa /proc/kmsg +depending on the system (to read kernel messages). In a GNU/Linux system +it will not parse the System.map and use it to annotate the kernel messages. .Pp .Nm Syslogd creates the file @@ -148,7 +151,7 @@ Name of the .Tn UNIX domain datagram log socket. -.It Pa /dev/klog +.It Pa /dev/klog, /proc/kmsg The kernel log device. .El .Sh SEE ALSO