01-02-2013
You wouldn't be able to specify these particular files (the messages are routed to the destination files based on the facility/priority pair the program assigned to the message). However the files and the facility/priorities that write to them are pretty consistent across most distributions' default configurations, so you can usually be 90% sure of what file your log will end up in. For example, almost all distributions will route a "mail" facility message of any priority to the /var/log/maillog file, anything logged as "authpriv" to /var/log/secure etc. Linux distros don't have to do it that way, but they have adopted similar configurations just to stick with a common convention where possible.
Basically: by design, you won't be able to be sure that some mail-related message you generate will always end up in /var/log/maillog but if you log to the "mail" facility you can just know that /var/log/maillog is where it's going to end up on almost every major Linux distribution.
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pppoec(1) General Commands Manual pppoec(1)
NAME
pppoec - PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) client
SYNOPSIS
interface-name
interface-name config-file] debug-level] log-file] retry-number]
DESCRIPTION
discovers an access concentrator that is willing to offer services to the client. It obtains a unique session-id from the selected access
concentrator. then forks a daemon which performs the session phase functionalities of PPPoE as mentioned in RFC 2516.
Options
supports the following options:
Specify the configuration file with absolute path
to be used by The default configuration file is
Specify the debug level at which logging has to be
enabled. The three debug levels are:
Logs all error messages.
To log these messages, type on the command line.
Logs all warning messages.
To log these messages, type on the command line.
Logs function level debug messages.
To log these messages, type on the command line.
Specify the name of the network interface (e.g.,
to be used for the PPPoE session.
Specify the log file with absolute path, to which pppoec must
log all messages. The default log file is
Specify the frequency of PADI (PPPoE Active
Discovery Initiation) or PADR (PPPoE Active Discovery Request) packet retransmission when an access concentrator
does not respond to the client's request. The default value is 3.
EXAMPLES
An example usage of the command is as follows:
WARNINGS
Note that, you cannot run the client daemon without file. See pppoec.conf(4) for more information. Also, do not use to terminate Instead,
use to kill the client daemon.
AUTHOR
was developed by Hewlett-Packard.
FILES
PPPoE server daemon
PPPoE relay
PPPoE client configuration file
PPP daemon
SEE ALSO
pppd(1), pppoerd(1M), pppoesd(1M), pppoec.conf(4).
pppoec(1)