OM_TCP(8) BSD System Manager's Manual OM_TCP(8)NAME
msyslog tcp output module — syslogd(8) output module used to forward mes‐
sages to remote hosts through TCP
SYNOPSIS
tcp [-a] [-h host] [-p port] [-m seconds] [-s buffer_size]
DESCRIPTION
tcp output module forwards messages to remote hosts trhoug a TCP connec‐
tion.
EXAMPLES
# Send all logs to host loghost.somedomainexample.com port 3210
# with a maximum retry limit of 30 seconds and a buffer for lost
# messages of 8192 characters
*.* %tcp -h loghost.somedomainexample.com -p 3210 -m 30 -s 8192
# Same, but add host to message string (with -a)
*.* %tcp -a -h loghost.somedomainexample.com -p 3210 -m 30 -s 8192
BUGS
· 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 ALSOim_tcp(8), syslog(3), syslog.conf(5), om_classic(8), om_mysql(8),
om_peo(8), om_pgsql(8), om_regex(8), om_udp(8), peochk(8), syslogd(8)Core-SDI Feb 28, 2001 Core-SDI
