conf: Document new filelog configuration

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Tobias Brunner
2018-09-12 11:42:38 +02:00
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@@ -15,12 +15,15 @@ does not have any effect.
There are currently two types of loggers:
.TP
.B File loggers
Log directly to a file and are defined by specifying the full path to the
file as subsection in the
Log directly to a file and are defined by specifying an arbitrarily named
subsection in the
.B charon.filelog
section. To log to the console the two special filenames
section. The full path to the file is configured in the \fIpath\fR setting of
that subsection, however, if it only contains characters permitted in section
names, the setting may also be omitted and the path specified as name of the
subsection. To log to the console the two special filenames
.BR stdout " and " stderr
can be used.
may be used.
.TP
.B Syslog loggers
Log into a syslog facility and are defined by specifying the facility to log to
@@ -108,7 +111,8 @@ Also include sensitive material in dumps, e.g. keys
.EX
charon {
filelog {
/var/log/charon.log {
charon {
path = /var/log/charon.log
time_format = %b %e %T
append = no
default = 1