Hi!
I've recently tried debugging a pppd(8) connection and noticed that the
information in the chat(8) manpage was a little imprecise with regard to
how logging is done.
According to chat.c (lines 304 onward, from 4.9-release), it will log
using facility LOCAL2 and level WARNING. If -v is specified, it will
also log up to level INFO. I think it might be useful to include this
information in the manpage as well; see patch below.
Regards,
s//un
Index: chat/chat.8
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RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/pppd/chat/chat.8,v
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -r1.18 chat.8
--- chat/chat.8 28 Oct 2010 18:34:44 -0000 1.18
+++ chat/chat.8 25 Jul 2011 15:08:18 -0000
@@ -58,8 +58,12 @@
.It Fl S
Do not use
.Xr syslog 3 .
-By default, error messages are logged via
-.Xr syslog 3 .
+By default, error messages are logged through
+.Xr syslog 3
+with facility
+.Ar local2
+and level
+.Ar warning .
The use of
.Fl S
will prevent both log messages from
@@ -110,8 +114,10 @@
.Nm
program will then log the execution state of the chat script as well as all
text received from the modem and the output strings sent to the modem.
-The default is to log via
-.Xr syslog 3 ;
+The default is to log through
+.Xr syslog 3
+with level
+.Ar info ;
the logging method may be altered with the
.Fl S
and
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