Make syslogd write facility and priority

[Jorge Fabregas]

Hello all,

Everyone knows the typical format of the all logs written by syslogd, which is, date|machine|process etc...

Is there a way to make SYSLOGD write the facility and priority on all of it messages?

Thanks,
Jorge

[James A. Donovan · Accepted solution]

I think you want the "-v" option.

See the syslogd man page.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

If you do a man logger (which feeds syslod) you will find that these attributes that you are interested in are optional. Syslogd can only default values that are not supplied.
In short the answer is no. You must address the subsystems that are actually feed syslog.

[Bill Hassell]

Once you restart syslogd with -v, you will see a slightly cryptic code which contains the facility and priority. Attached is a script that will decode your syslog in an easier to read formay.

[Bill Hassell]

Oops, here is the script.

[Jorge Fabregas]

Hi Bill,

Thanks for the script! I does the work! Thanks!

Jorge