elcsd(8)						      System Manager's Manual							  elcsd(8)

Name
       elcsd - error logging daemon

Syntax
       /etc/elcsd

Description
       The  daemon  logs  hardware  and system-related error packets, or error messages, from the kernel errorlog buffer to the file syserr.<host-
       name>.  Hostname is the name of the local system.  At system startup, the daemon is invoked out of For further information, see The  daemon
       must be running whenever the system is in multiuser mode.

       To invoke the daemon in single-user mode, use the command with the -s option.

       You  can  configure  the daemon to log error packets locally from a remote ULTRIX host, or you can configure the daemon to send local error
       packets to a remote system.  Do this by changing the entries in the file.  For further information, see The daemon uses an  internet  data-
       gram socket to log information across systems.

       Parameters  related  to	such as the desired location for the errorlog file or files, as well as instructions for local and remote logging,
       can be specified in the error logging configuration file, For further information, see

Restrictions
       You must have superuser privileges to invoke the daemon.

Diagnostics
       The daemon logs general status and error messages to in multiuser mode.	This file is purged whenever the daemon is restarted.

Files
See Also
       elcsd.conf(5), eli(8), rc(8), uerf(8)
       Guide to the Error Logger

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