Syslog.conf

[Robert True]

Is it possible to config syslog.conf to block a given level of a local fac and not the others?

Currently in syslog.conf I have:

*.info;local3.none

local3.info

Which works, but I would like to see entries other than info in the .

What I wanted was:
local3.info.none
but that does not seem to work.

What would be the syntex if possible?

[S.K. Chan]

Try ..
*.info;local3.info
Are you saying you want syslog.log file to have more than just the "info" level logs ?
Also ..
# man syslogd
for further details ..

[Robert True]

No, what I want for the Local3 is to NOT see the info level in the syslog, but I would like to see any higher level of local3 in the syslog. What I have now is all local3 going to another log.

[Tom Maloy · Accepted solution]

Don't ask for info, ask for the next higher level:

local3.notice

Overall, the order is:
EMERG 0
ALERT 1
CRIT 2
ERR 3
WARNING 4
NOTICE 5
INFO 6
DEBUG 7

Tom

[Robert True]

Ok, If I understand then, by entering local3. I will see and above in the syslogfile?

[Tom Maloy]

Correct. Just like setting a threshold.

Tom

[Robert True]

Thanks, Tom. That works about how I want it to work.