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syslog.conf

syslog.conf(4)						     Kernel Interfaces Manual						    syslog.conf(4)

NAME

       syslog.conf - syslogd configuration file

SYNOPSIS

       facility.severity	     destination  Where: Is part of the system generating the message, specified in /usr/include/sys/syslog_pri.h.
       See also the syslogd(8) reference page.	The severity level, which can be emerg, alert, crit, err, warning, notice, info,  or  debug.   See
       /usr/include/sys/syslog_pri.h.

	      The  syslogd  daemon  logs  all  messages of the specified severity level plus all messages of greater severity. For example, if you
	      specify level err, all messages of levels err, crit, alert, and emerg or panic are logged.  A local file pathname to a log  file,  a
	      host  name  for  remote logging or a list of users.  In the latter case the users will receive messages when they are logged in.	An
	      asterisk (*) causes a message to be sent to all users who are currently logged in.

DESCRIPTION

       The /etc/syslog.conf file is a system file that enables you to configure or filter events that are to be logged by syslogd. You can specify
       more than one facility and its severity level by separating them with semicolons.

       You can specify more than one facility logs to the same file by separating the facilities with commas, as shown in the EXAMPLES section.

       The  syslogd  daemon ignores blank lines and lines that begin with an octothorpe (#). You can specify # as the first character in a line to
       include comments in the file or to disable an entry. The facility and severity level are separated from the destination by one or more  tab
       characters.

       If  you	want the syslogd daemon to use a configuration file other than the default, you must specify the file name with the following com-
       mand: # syslogd -f config_file

   Daily Log Files
       You can specify in the /etc/syslog.conf file that the syslogd daemon create daily log files. To create daily log files, use  the  following
       syntax  to specify the path name of the message destination: /var/adm/syslog.dated/ { file} The file variable specifies the name of the log
       file, for example, mail.log or kern.log.  If you specify a /var/adm/syslog.dated/file path name destination, each day  the  syslogd  daemon
       creates	a  sub-directory  under  the  /var/adm/syslog.dated  directory	and  a	log file in the sub-directory, using the following syntax:
       /var/adm/syslog.dated/ date / file Where: The date variable specifies the day, month, and time that the log file  was  created.	 The  file
       variable  specifies  the name of the log file you previously specified in the /etc/syslog.conf file.  The syslogd daemon automatically cre-
       ates a new date directory every 24 hours and also when you boot the system. The current directory is a link to the latest  date	directory.
       To get the latest logs, you only need to reference the /var/adm/syslog.dated/current directory.

EXAMPLES

       The  following  is  a  sample /etc/syslog.conf file: # # syslogd config file # # facilities: kern user mail daemon auth syslog lpr binary #
       priorities: emerg  alert  crit  err  warning  notice  info  debug  #  kern.debug  /var/adm/syslog.dated/kern.log  user.debug  /var/adm/sys-
       log.dated/user.log  daemon.debug  /var/adm/syslog.dated/daemon.log  auth.crit;syslog.debug  /var/adm/syslog.dated/syslog.log mail,lpr.debug
       /var/adm/syslog.dated/misc.log msgbuf.err /var/adm/crash.dated/msgbuf.savecore kern.debug /var/adm/messages kern.debug /dev/console *.emerg
       *

FILES

       /etc/syslog.conf
       /etc/syslog.auth - Authorization file for remote logging.
       /usr/include/sys/syslog_pri.h - Common components of a syslog event log record.

RELATED INFORMATION

       Commands: /usr/sbin/syslogd(8), /usr/sbin/binlogd(8)

       System Administration delim off

																    syslog.conf(4)

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