syslog: enable kmsg bridge by default and enable syslogging for early boot services

[elogind.git] / units / syslog.socket

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+#  This file is part of systemd.
+#
+#  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+
+# See systemd.special(7) for details
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Syslog Socket
+DefaultDependencies=no
+Before=sockets.target
+
+[Socket]
+ListenDatagram=/dev/log
+SocketMode=0666
+
+# The service we activate on incoming traffic is
+# systemd-kmsg-syslogd.service. That doesn't mean however, that this
+# is the main syslog daemon in the system. Another syslog
+# implementation (which might be started via on-boot or another
+# non-socket activation) can take over possession of the socket and
+# terminate systemd-kmsg-syslogd. It could also simply replace the
+# socket in the file system, and leave systemd-kmsg-syslogd untouched.
+
+Service=systemd-kmsg-syslogd.service