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| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 index 7743b2a2bda..06dbc530753 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)syslog.conf.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 -.\" $OpenBSD: syslog.conf.5,v 1.30 2015/02/10 18:30:20 bluhm Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: syslog.conf.5,v 1.31 2015/02/10 18:42:08 bluhm Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: syslog.conf.5,v 1.4 1996/01/02 17:41:46 perry Exp $ .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: February 10 2015 $ @@ -217,9 +217,12 @@ sign). Selected messages are forwarded to the .Xr syslogd 8 program on the named host. -A port number may be optionally specified using the +A port number may be specified using the .Ar host:port syntax. +This is optional for UDP and TLS. +There is no well-known port for syslog over TCP, so in this case it +is mandatory to specify the port. IPv6 addresses can be used by surrounding the address portion with square brackets .Po |