1 '\" te
2 .\" Copyright (c) 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
3 .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
4 .TH SYSLOG.CONF 4 "Apr 26, 2006"
5 .SH NAME
6 syslog.conf \- configuration file for syslogd system log daemon
7 .SH SYNOPSIS
8 .LP
9 .nf
10 \fB/etc/syslog.conf\fR
11 .fi
12
13 .SH DESCRIPTION
14 .sp
15 .LP
16 The file \fB/etc/syslog.conf\fR contains information used by the system log
17 daemon, \fBsyslogd\fR(1M), to forward a system message to appropriate log files
18 and/or users. \fBsyslogd\fR preprocesses this file through \fBm4\fR(1) to
19 obtain the correct information for certain log files, defining \fBLOGHOST\fR if
20 the address of "loghost" is the same as one of the addresses of the host that
21 is running \fBsyslogd\fR.
22 .sp
23 .LP
24 A configuration entry is composed of two TAB-separated fields:
31
32 .sp
33 .LP
34 The \fIselector\fR field contains a semicolon-separated list of priority
35 specifications of the form:
36 .sp
37 .in +2
38 .nf
39 \fIfacility\fR\fB\&.\fR\fIlevel\fR [ \fB;\fR \fIfacility\fR\fB\&.\fR\fIlevel\fR ]
40 .fi
41 .in -2
42
43 .sp
44 .LP
45 where \fIfacility\fR is a system facility, or comma-separated list of
46 facilities, and \fIlevel\fR is an indication of the severity of the condition
47 being logged. Recognized values for \fIfacility\fR include:
48 .sp
49 .ne 2
50 .na
51 \fB\fBuser\fR\fR
52 .ad
53 .RS 12n
54 Messages generated by user processes. This is the default priority for messages
55 from programs or facilities not listed in this file.
56 .RE
57
58 .sp
59 .ne 2
60 .na
61 \fB\fBkern\fR\fR
62 .ad
63 .RS 12n
64 Messages generated by the kernel.
65 .RE
66
67 .sp
68 .ne 2
69 .na
70 \fB\fBmail\fR\fR
71 .ad
72 .RS 12n
73 The mail system.
74 .RE
75
76 .sp
77 .ne 2
78 .na
79 \fB\fBdaemon\fR\fR
80 .ad
81 .RS 12n
82 System daemons, such as \fBin.ftpd\fR(1M)
83 .RE
84
106 .na
107 \fB\fBnews\fR\fR
108 .ad
109 .RS 12n
110 Designated for the USENET network news system.
111 .RE
112
113 .sp
114 .ne 2
115 .na
116 \fB\fBuucp\fR\fR
117 .ad
118 .RS 12n
119 Designated for the UUCP system; it does not currently use the \fBsyslog\fR
120 mechanism.
121 .RE
122
123 .sp
124 .ne 2
125 .na
126 \fB\fBcron\fR\fR
127 .ad
128 .RS 12n
129 Designated for \fBcron\fR/\fBat\fR messages generated by systems that do
130 logging through \fBsyslog\fR. The current version of the Solaris Operating
131 Environment does not use this facility for logging.
132 .RE
133
134 .sp
135 .ne 2
136 .na
137 \fB\fBaudit\fR\fR
138 .ad
139 .RS 12n
140 Designated for audit messages generated by systems that audit by means of
141 syslog.
142 .RE
143
144 .sp
145 .ne 2
146 .na
147 \fB\fBlocal0-7\fR\fR
148 .ad
149 .RS 12n
150 Designated for local use.
151 .RE
152
153 .sp
154 .ne 2
155 .na
156 \fB\fBmark\fR\fR
157 .ad
158 .RS 12n
159 For timestamp messages produced internally by \fBsyslogd\fR.
160 .RE
161
162 .sp
163 .ne 2
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1 '\" te
2 .\" Copyright (c) 2013 Gary Mills
3 .\" Copyright (c) 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
4 .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
5 .TH SYSLOG.CONF 4 "Oct 17, 2013"
6 .SH NAME
7 syslog.conf \- configuration file for syslogd system log daemon
8 .SH SYNOPSIS
9 .LP
10 .nf
11 \fB/etc/syslog.conf\fR
12 .fi
13
14 .SH DESCRIPTION
15 .sp
16 .LP
17 The file \fB/etc/syslog.conf\fR contains information used by the system log
18 daemon, \fBsyslogd\fR(1M), to forward a system message to appropriate log files
19 and/or users. \fBsyslogd\fR preprocesses this file through \fBm4\fR(1) to
20 obtain the correct information for certain log files, defining \fBLOGHOST\fR if
21 the address of "loghost" is the same as one of the addresses of the host that
22 is running \fBsyslogd\fR.
23 .sp
24 .LP
25 A configuration entry is composed of two TAB-separated fields:
32
33 .sp
34 .LP
35 The \fIselector\fR field contains a semicolon-separated list of priority
36 specifications of the form:
37 .sp
38 .in +2
39 .nf
40 \fIfacility\fR\fB\&.\fR\fIlevel\fR [ \fB;\fR \fIfacility\fR\fB\&.\fR\fIlevel\fR ]
41 .fi
42 .in -2
43
44 .sp
45 .LP
46 where \fIfacility\fR is a system facility, or comma-separated list of
47 facilities, and \fIlevel\fR is an indication of the severity of the condition
48 being logged. Recognized values for \fIfacility\fR include:
49 .sp
50 .ne 2
51 .na
52 \fB\fBkern\fR\fR
53 .ad
54 .RS 12n
55 Messages generated by the kernel.
56 .RE
57
58 .sp
59 .ne 2
60 .na
61 \fB\fBuser\fR\fR
62 .ad
63 .RS 12n
64 Messages generated by user processes. This is the default priority for messages
65 from programs or facilities not listed in this file.
66 .RE
67
68 .sp
69 .ne 2
70 .na
71 \fB\fBmail\fR\fR
72 .ad
73 .RS 12n
74 The mail system.
75 .RE
76
77 .sp
78 .ne 2
79 .na
80 \fB\fBdaemon\fR\fR
81 .ad
82 .RS 12n
83 System daemons, such as \fBin.ftpd\fR(1M)
84 .RE
85
107 .na
108 \fB\fBnews\fR\fR
109 .ad
110 .RS 12n
111 Designated for the USENET network news system.
112 .RE
113
114 .sp
115 .ne 2
116 .na
117 \fB\fBuucp\fR\fR
118 .ad
119 .RS 12n
120 Designated for the UUCP system; it does not currently use the \fBsyslog\fR
121 mechanism.
122 .RE
123
124 .sp
125 .ne 2
126 .na
127 \fB\fBbsdcron\fR\fR
128 .ad
129 .RS 12n
130 Designated for the BSD cron/at system.
131 .RE
132
133 .sp
134 .ne 2
135 .na
136 \fB\fBauthpriv\fR\fR
137 .ad
138 .RS 12n
139 Designated for the BSD security/authorization system.
140 .RE
141
142 .sp
143 .ne 2
144 .na
145 \fB\fBftp\fR\fR
146 .ad
147 .RS 12n
148 Designated for the file transfer system.
149 .RE
150
151 .sp
152 .ne 2
153 .na
154 \fB\fBntp\fR\fR
155 .ad
156 .RS 12n
157 Designated for the network time system.
158 .RE
159
160 .sp
161 .ne 2
162 .na
163 \fB\fBaudit\fR\fR
164 .ad
165 .RS 12n
166 Designated for audit messages generated by systems that audit by means of
167 syslog.
168 .RE
169
170 .sp
171 .ne 2
172 .na
173 \fB\fBconsole\fR\fR
174 .ad
175 .RS 12n
176 Designated for the BSD console system.
177 .RE
178
179 .sp
180 .ne 2
181 .na
182 \fB\fBcron\fR\fR
183 .ad
184 .RS 12n
185 Designated for \fBcron\fR/\fBat\fR messages generated by systems that do
186 logging through \fBsyslog\fR. The current version of the Solaris Operating
187 Environment does not use this facility for logging.
188 .RE
189
190 .sp
191 .ne 2
192 .na
193 \fB\fBlocal0-7\fR\fR
194 .ad
195 .RS 12n
196 Designated for local use.
197 .RE
198
199 .sp
200 .ne 2
201 .na
202 \fB\fBmark\fR\fR
203 .ad
204 .RS 12n
205 For timestamp messages produced internally by \fBsyslogd\fR.
206 .RE
207
208 .sp
209 .ne 2
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