Welcome to the sysklogd package for Linux.  All the utilitydocumentation has now been moved into the man pages.  Please reviewthese carefully before proceeding.Version 1.3 of the package is the culmination of about two years ofexperience and bug reports on the 1.2 version from both the INTERNETand our corporate Linux networks.  The utilities in this package shouldprovide VERY reliable system logging.  Klogd and syslogd have bothbeen stress tested in kernel development environments where literallyhundreds of megabytes of kernel messages have been blasted throughthem.  If either utility should fail the development team wouldappreciate debug information so that the bug can be reproduced andsquashed.Both utilities (syslogd, klogd) can be either run from init or startedas part of the rc.* sequence.  Caution should be used when startingthese utilities from init since the default configuration is for both ofthese utilities to auto-background themselves.  Depending on theversion of init being used this could either result in the processtable being filled or at least 10 copies of the daemon being started.If auto-backgrounding is NOT desired the command line option -n shouldbe used to disable the auto-fork feature.I have found work on the sysklogd package to be an interesting exampleof the powers of the INTERNET.  Stephen, Juha, Shane, Martin andmyself have successfully collaborated on the development of thispackage without ever having met each other, in fact we could pass onthe street without realizing it.  What I have developed is a profoundrespect for the personal capabilities of each one of theseindividuals.  Perhaps the greatest `Linux Legacy' will be that itsdevelopment/enhancement is truly an example of the powers ofinternational cooperation through the worldwide INTERNET.We would be interested in keeping track of any and all bugfixes/changes that are made.  At the time that work was started on thesysklogd package the syslog(d) sources seemed to have fallen intoneglect.  This work started with and continues the believe that it isimportant to maintain consistent standardized system utilitiessources.  Hopefully the Linux community will find these sources to bea useful addition to the software gene pool.There is a mailing list covering this package and syslog in general.The lists address is sysklogd@Infodrom.North.DE .  To subscribe send amail to Majordomo@Infodrom.North.DE with a line "subscribe sysklogd"in the message body.New versions of this package will be available at Joey's ftp server.ftp://ftp.infodrom.north.de/pub/people/joey/sysklogd/Best regards,Dr. WettsteinOncology Research Division Computing FacilityRoger Maris Cancer CenterFargo, NDgreg@wind.enjellic.comStephen TweedieDepartment of Computer ScienceEdinburgh University, ScotlandJuha Virtanenjiivee@hut.fiShane Aldertonshane@ion.apana.org.auMartin SchulzeInfodrom Oldenburgjoey@linux.deAnd a host of bug reporters whose contributions cannot be underestimated.