@@ -74,5 +74,15 @@ ... However it may not be desirable to include this mapping, or it may be desirable to use your own mapping rather than the default one. This can be done by specifying the MIMETYPES macro to "make". If no mapping is desired, "/dev/null" may be specified. + +Log Files +--------- +Because "filed" relies on chroot(2) and setuid(2), log files cannot reliably +be re-opened. If you need log rotation a second process, which can close and +re-open log files, must be used. Any process may be used for writing logs to +but if the process does not support log rotation it will not provide that +benefit. For example, if you wish to write logs to syslogd(8) you can use +logger(1), such as: + # ./filed --root /www --user nobody --log '|logger -t filed' --daemon