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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/base.scm | 2 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 1224104038..8cc01b2e65 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -19458,9 +19458,11 @@ the nscd---e.g., @code{(list @var{nss-mdns})}. Package object denoting the GNU C Library providing the @command{nscd} command. -@item @code{log-file} (default: @code{"/var/log/nscd.log"}) -Name of the nscd log file. This is where debugging output goes when -@code{debug-level} is strictly positive. +@item @code{log-file} (default: @code{#f}) +Name of the nscd log file. Debugging output goes to that file when +@code{debug-level} is strictly positive, or to standard error if it is +@code{#f}. Regular messages are written to syslog when +@code{debug-level} is zero, regardless of the value of @code{log-file}. @item @code{debug-level} (default: @code{0}) Integer denoting the debugging levels. Higher numbers mean that more diff --git a/gnu/services/base.scm b/gnu/services/base.scm index 85160bd3ab..984670cd32 100644 --- a/gnu/services/base.scm +++ b/gnu/services/base.scm @@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ the tty to run, among other things." make-nscd-configuration nscd-configuration? (log-file nscd-configuration-log-file ;string - (default "/var/log/nscd.log")) + (default #f)) (debug-level nscd-debug-level ;integer (default 0)) ;; TODO: See nscd.conf in glibc for other options to add. |