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| author | Jakob Unterwurzacher | 2020-11-14 14:29:04 +0100 |
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| committer | Jakob Unterwurzacher | 2020-11-14 14:29:04 +0100 |
| commit | 0b2562fdbae0c85ae6ac70c32531726a4ef65a45 (patch) | |
| tree | fe27f1441fdbbe52768dee770fe53fa0dc97ae06 | |
| parent | 5d872b71066f5853e3fbcc8c2e7fc3235215b72c (diff) | |
MANPAGE: clarify -fg and syslog interaction
The flag -fg does NOT imply -nosyslog. Syslog redirection is
active when -notifypid is passed.
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/MANPAGE.md | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/MANPAGE.md b/Documentation/MANPAGE.md index 40c2f26..032046a 100644 --- a/Documentation/MANPAGE.md +++ b/Documentation/MANPAGE.md @@ -127,9 +127,12 @@ to your program, use `"--"`, which is accepted by most programs: `-extpass "my program" -extpass "--"` #### -fg, -f -Stay in the foreground instead of forking away. Implies "-nosyslog". +Stay in the foreground instead of forking away. For compatibility, "-f" is also accepted, but "-fg" is preferred. +Unless `-notifypid` is also passed, the logs go to stdout and stderr +instead of syslog. + #### -fido2 DEVICE_PATH Use a FIDO2 token to initialize and unlock the filesystem. Use "fido2-token -L" to obtain the FIDO2 token device path. |