syslog.conf informations

[Frederic Sevestre]

Hello,

I have a syslog.conf configured with the following line includes after the default lines setting :

"local3.notice doduc,vergnes,kace"

How can i found the facilitie attached to the "local3" parameter ?

Where do we configure the local facilities that we found in the syslog.conf ?

Thank you by advance for your help,

Best regards,

Frederic.

[Jordan Bean]

Add a file to it:

local3.notice doduc,vergnes,kace
local3.debug /var/adm/syslog/local3.log

Then HUP syslogd and watch the file.

kill -HUP $(cat /var/run/syslog.pid)
tail -f /var/adm/syslog/local3.log



There are only 8 "local" facilities (local0 to local7) that any program or shell script (man logger) use by name. No centralized configuration file exists to define which program logs to which facility; It is up the program to pick the facility. In many cases this is hardcoded; However, some others (like BIND8,9) are customizable.