OM_UDP(8) BSD System Manager's Manual OM_UDP(8)NAME
msyslog udp output module — syslogd(8) output module used to forward mes‐
sages to remote hosts through UDP
SYNOPSIS
udp [-a] [-h host] [-p port]
DESCRIPTION
udp output module forwards messages to remote hosts trhoug a UDP connec‐
tion.
EXAMPLES
# Send all logs to host loghost.somedomainexample.com port syslog (514)
*.* %udp -h loghost.somedomainexample.com -p syslog
# Same, but add host to message string (with -a)
*.* %udp -a -h loghost.somedomainexample.com -p syslog
BUGS
· Messages sent through UDP get lost, consider using TCP
· We are sending everything not encrypted! You may want to use a tunnel
such as SSL.
· Submit bugs at this project's Sourceforge Bug reporting system at:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=25741&atid=385117
You may also report them directly to the authors; send an email to
core.devel.alat@corest.com, describing the problem the most you can,
containing also machine description, hardware description, the con‐
figuration file (/usr/local/etc/syslog.conf), the OS description, and
the invoking command line. The more you describe the bug, the faster
we can fix it.
SEE ALSOsyslog(3), syslog.conf(5), om_classic(8), om_mysql(8), om_peo(8),
om_pgsql(8), om_regex(8), om_tcp(8), peochk(8), syslogd(8)Core-SDI Feb 28, 2001 Core-SDI
