From: Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@apache.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 13:38:31 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document `ErrorLog syslog:facility' variant of error logging.
X-Git-Tag: 1.3.3~2
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ffa03a35f4d57ece931c78640940ccdea95a9029;p=apache

Document `ErrorLog syslog:facility' variant of error logging.

Requested by: Youichirou Koga <y-koga@jp.FreeBSD.org>
Performed by: Ralf S. Engelschall
PR: 3096


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@82204 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.html b/docs/manual/mod/core.html
index 51101cbd57..a145c81bc9 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/core.html
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.html
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ responses.</A><P><HR>
 <A
  HREF="directive-dict.html#Syntax"
  REL="Help"
-><STRONG>Syntax:</STRONG></A> ErrorLog <EM>filename</EM>|<CODE>syslog</CODE>
+><STRONG>Syntax:</STRONG></A> ErrorLog ><EM>filename</EM>|<CODE>syslog[:facility]</CODE>
 <BR>
 <A
  HREF="directive-dict.html#Default"
@@ -835,7 +835,10 @@ spawn to handle the error log.
 
 <P><STRONG>Apache 1.3 and above:</STRONG>
 Using <CODE>syslog</CODE> instead of a filename enables logging via syslogd(8)
-if the system supports it.
+if the system supports it. The default is to use syslog facility
+<CODE>local7</CODE>, but you can override this by using the
+<CODE>syslog:</CODE><EM>facility</EM> syntax where <EM>facility</EM> can be
+one of the names usually documented in syslog(1).
 
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