2 commits - en-US/adminoptions.xml

[David Nalley]

 en-US/adminoptions.xml |   23 ++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

New commits:
commit dc492bd720a57886389cf59ef0813225c873f8bd
Merge: 464c249... 2c6d113...
Author: David Nalley <david at gnsa.us>
Date:   Tue Mar 24 08:32:15 2009 -0400

    Merge branch 'master' of git+ssh://git.fedoraproject.org/git/docs/install-guide



commit 464c24963ade3a25368bd27b62ac3058650754a8
Author: David Nalley <david at gnsa.us>
Date:   Tue Mar 24 08:31:51 2009 -0400

    changed A.3 syslog section to reflect that Fedora uses rsyslog Bug 487838

diff --git a/en-US/adminoptions.xml b/en-US/adminoptions.xml
index 0bda515..a7048f9 100644
--- a/en-US/adminoptions.xml
+++ b/en-US/adminoptions.xml
@@ -457,8 +457,8 @@ Press <enter> for a shell</screen>
       <title>Configuring a Log Server</title>
 
       <para>
-        Fedora uses <command>syslogd</command> to provide a syslog
-        service. The default configuration of <command>syslogd</command>
+        Fedora uses <command>rsyslog</command> to provide a syslog
+        service. The default configuration of <command>rsyslog</command>
         rejects messages from remote systems.
       </para>
 
@@ -466,11 +466,12 @@ Press <enter> for a shell</screen>
         <title>Only Enable Remote Syslog Access on Secured Networks</title>
 
         <para>
-          The <command>syslogd</command> service includes no security
-          measures. Crackers may slow or crash systems that permit
-          access to the logging service, by sending large quantities of
-          false log messages. In addition, hostile users may intercept
-          or falsify messages sent to the logging service over the
+          The <command>rsyslog</command> configuration detailed below 
+          does not make use of any of the security measures available
+          in <command>rsyslog</command> Crackers may slow or crash systems 
+          that permit access to the logging service, by sending large 
+          quantities of false log messages. In addition, hostile users may 
+          intercept or falsify messages sent to the logging service over the
           network.
         </para>
       </warning>
@@ -478,9 +479,9 @@ Press <enter> for a shell</screen>
       <para>
         To configure a Fedora system to accept log messages from other
         systems on the network, edit the file
-        <filename>/etc/sysconfig/syslog</filename>. You must use
+        <filename>/etc/rsyslog.conf</filename>. You must use
         <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> privileges to
-        edit the file <filename>/etc/sysconfig/syslog</filename>. Add
+        edit the file <filename>/etc/rsyslog.conf</filename>. Add
         the option <option>-r</option> to the
         <command>SYSLOGD_OPTIONS</command>:
       </para>
@@ -488,11 +489,11 @@ Press <enter> for a shell</screen>
 <computeroutput>SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m 0 <userinput>-r</userinput>"</computeroutput>
 </screen>
       <para>
-        Restart the <command>syslogd</command> service to apply the
+        Restart the <command>rsyslog</command> service to apply the
         change:
       </para>
 <screen>
-<userinput>su -c '/sbin/service syslog restart'</userinput>
+<userinput>su -c '/sbin/service rsyslog restart'</userinput>
 </screen>
       <para>
         Enter the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>