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-rw-r--r--tools/rsyslogd.84
-rw-r--r--tools/syslogd.c10
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/rsyslogd.8 b/tools/rsyslogd.8
index 620006f2..ac732b88 100644
--- a/tools/rsyslogd.8
+++ b/tools/rsyslogd.8
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ is specified and the host logging resolves to satu.infodrom.north.de
no domain would be cut, you will have to specify two domains like:
.BR "\-s north.de:infodrom.north.de" .
.TP
+.BI "\-S ip_address" "local client source IP"
+rsyslogd uses ip_address as local client address while connecting
+to remote logserver. Currently used by omrelp only and only with tcp.
+.TP
.BI "\-u " "userlevel"
This is a "catch all" option for some very seldomly-used user settings.
The "userlevel" variable selects multiple things. Add the specific values
diff --git a/tools/syslogd.c b/tools/syslogd.c
index 1b38bf92..47a21585 100644
--- a/tools/syslogd.c
+++ b/tools/syslogd.c
@@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ int realMain(int argc, char **argv)
* of other options, we do this during the inital option processing.
* rgerhards, 2008-04-04
*/
- while((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "46a:Ac:dDef:g:hi:l:m:M:nN:op:qQr::s:t:T:u:vwx")) != EOF) {
+ while((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "46a:Ac:dDef:g:hi:l:m:M:nN:op:qQr::s:S:t:T:u:vwx")) != EOF) {
switch((char)ch) {
case '4':
case '6':
@@ -1791,6 +1791,7 @@ int realMain(int argc, char **argv)
case 'q': /* add hostname if DNS resolving has failed */
case 'Q': /* dont resolve hostnames in ACL to IPs */
case 's':
+ case 'S': /* Source IP for local client to be used on multihomed host */
case 'T': /* chroot on startup (primarily for testing) */
case 'u': /* misc user settings */
case 'w': /* disable disallowed host warnings */
@@ -1882,6 +1883,13 @@ int realMain(int argc, char **argv)
case 'a':
fprintf(stderr, "rsyslogd: error -a is no longer supported, use module imuxsock instead");
break;
+ case 'S': /* Source IP for local client to be used on multihomed host */
+ if(glbl.GetSourceIPofLocalClient() != NULL) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "rsyslogd: Only one -S argument allowed, the first one is taken.\n");
+ } else {
+ glbl.SetSourceIPofLocalClient(arg);
+ }
+ break;
case 'f': /* configuration file */
ConfFile = (uchar*) arg;
break;