journald: add support for wall forwarding

[elogind.git] / man / journald.conf.xml

diff --git a/man/journald.conf.xml b/man/journald.conf.xml
index e0796e1cce4841363664b4e7a2a2b893f58847ec..239a2ec95c49e38918a57285135d313a9f791fa0 100644 (file)
--- a/man/journald.conf.xml
+++ b/man/journald.conf.xml
@@ -269,12 +269,12 @@
                                 violated when systemd-journald is
                                 started, the value will be raised to
                                 percentage that is actually free. This
                                 violated when systemd-journald is
                                 started, the value will be raised to
                                 percentage that is actually free. This

-                                means that if before there was enough
-                                free space and journal files were
+                                means that if there was enough
+                                free space before and journal files were

                                 created, and subsequently something
                                 else causes the file system to fill
                                 up, journald will stop using more
                                 created, and subsequently something
                                 else causes the file system to fill
                                 up, journald will stop using more

-                                space, but it'll will not removing
+                                space, but it will not be removing

                                 existing files to go reduce footprint
                                 either.</para>
 
                                 existing files to go reduce footprint
                                 either.</para>
 


@@ -381,25 +381,32 @@
                                 <term><varname>ForwardToSyslog=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ForwardToKMsg=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ForwardToConsole=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ForwardToSyslog=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ForwardToKMsg=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>ForwardToConsole=</varname></term>

+                                <term><varname>ForwardToWall=</varname></term>

 
                                 <listitem><para>Control whether log
                                 messages received by the journal
                                 daemon shall be forwarded to a
                                 traditional syslog daemon, to the
 
                                 <listitem><para>Control whether log
                                 messages received by the journal
                                 daemon shall be forwarded to a
                                 traditional syslog daemon, to the

-                                kernel log buffer (kmsg), or to the
-                                system console. These options take
-                                boolean arguments. If forwarding to
-                                syslog is enabled but no syslog daemon
-                                is running, the respective option has
-                                no effect. By default, only forwarding
-                                to syslog is enabled. These settings
-                                may be overridden at boot time with
-                                the kernel command line options
+                                kernel log buffer (kmsg), to the
+                                system console, or sent as wall
+                                messages to all logged-in users. These
+                                options take boolean arguments. If
+                                forwarding to syslog is enabled but no
+                                syslog daemon is running, the
+                                respective option has no effect. By
+                                default, only forwarding to syslog and
+                                wall is enabled. These settings may be
+                                overridden at boot time with the
+                                kernel command line options

                                 <literal>systemd.journald.forward_to_syslog=</literal>,
                                 <literal>systemd.journald.forward_to_syslog=</literal>,

-                                <literal>systemd.journald.forward_to_kmsg=</literal>
+                                <literal>systemd.journald.forward_to_kmsg=</literal>,
+                                <literal>systemd.journald.forward_to_console=</literal>

                                 and
                                 and

-                                <literal>systemd.journald.forward_to_console=</literal>.
-                                </para></listitem>
+                                <literal>systemd.journald.forward_to_wall=</literal>.
+                                When forwarding to the console, the
+                                TTY to log to can be changed
+                                with <varname>TTYPath=</varname>,
+                                described below.</para></listitem>

                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>


@@ -407,12 +414,14 @@
                                 <term><varname>MaxLevelSyslog=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>MaxLevelKMsg=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>MaxLevelConsole=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>MaxLevelSyslog=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>MaxLevelKMsg=</varname></term>
                                 <term><varname>MaxLevelConsole=</varname></term>

+                                <term><varname>MaxLevelWall=</varname></term>

 
                                 <listitem><para>Controls the maximum
                                 log level of messages that are stored
 
                                 <listitem><para>Controls the maximum
                                 log level of messages that are stored

-                                on disk, forwarded to syslog, kmsg or
-                                the console (if that is enabled, see
-                                above). As argument, takes one of
+                                on disk, forwarded to syslog, kmsg,
+                                the console or wall (if that is
+                                enabled, see above). As argument,
+                                takes one of

                                 <literal>emerg</literal>,
                                 <literal>alert</literal>,
                                 <literal>crit</literal>,
                                 <literal>emerg</literal>,
                                 <literal>alert</literal>,
                                 <literal>crit</literal>,


@@ -433,9 +442,11 @@
                                 written to disk and forwarded to
                                 syslog. Defaults to
                                 <literal>notice</literal> for
                                 written to disk and forwarded to
                                 syslog. Defaults to
                                 <literal>notice</literal> for

-                                <varname>MaxLevelKMsg=</varname> and
+                                <varname>MaxLevelKMsg=</varname>,

                                 <literal>info</literal> for
                                 <literal>info</literal> for

-                                <varname>MaxLevelConsole=</varname>.</para></listitem>
+                                <varname>MaxLevelConsole=</varname> and
+                                <literal>emerg</literal> for
+                                <varname>MaxLevelWall=</varname>.</para></listitem>

                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>