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System logs
Deamon rsyslogd (syslogd on older systems) recieves info from running services about their
status and stores it in log files.
What they log and where is defined in
config file /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf (/etc/syslog.conf
on older systems):
The first colomn specifies the facility and priority level.
The facility is one of the following keywords:
auth, authpriv, cron,
daemon, kern, lpr, mail, mark, news, syslog, user, uucp, local0 -- local7.
The priority is one of the following keywords, in ascending order:
debug, info, notice, warning, err, error, crit, alert, emerg.
The second colomn specifies where the logs are directed.
The two colomns are separated by < TAB >
Every time when /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf (or /etc/syslog.conf) is modified, syslog daemon should
re-read the configuration:
or
Alternatively
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