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syslog.conf(4)
NAME
  syslog.conf - syslogd configuration file

SYNOPSIS
       facility.severity		       destination

  Where:

  facility
      Is part of the system generating the message, specified in
      /usr/include/sys/syslog_pri.h.  See also the syslogd(8) reference page.

  severity
      The severity level, which can be emerg, alert, crit, err, warning,
      notice, info, or debug.  See /usr/include/sys/syslog_pri.h.

      The syslogd daemon logs all messages of the specified severity level
      plus all messages of greater severity. For example, if you specify
      level err, all messages of levels err, crit, alert, and emerg or panic
      are logged.

  destination
      A local file pathname to a log file, a host name for remote logging or
      a list of users.	In the latter case the users will receive messages
      when they are logged in.	An asterisk (*) causes a message to be sent
      to all users who are currently logged in.

DESCRIPTION
  The /etc/syslog.conf file is a system file that enables you to configure or
  filter events that are to be logged by syslogd. You can specify more than
  one facility and its severity level by separating them with semicolons.

  You can specify more than one facility logs to the same file by separating
  the facilities with commas, as shown in the EXAMPLES section.

  The syslogd daemon ignores blank lines and lines that begin with an
  octothorpe (#). You can specify # as the first character in a line to
  include comments in the file or to disable an entry. The facility and
  severity level are separated from the destination by one or more tab
  characters or spaces.

  If you want the syslogd daemon to use a configuration file other than the
  default, you must specify the file name with the following command:

       # syslogd -f config_file

  Daily Log Files

  You can specify in the /etc/syslog.conf file that the syslogd daemon create
  daily log files. To create daily log files, use the following syntax to
  specify the path name of the message destination:

       /var/adm/syslog.dated/ { file}

  The file variable specifies the name of the log file, for example, mail.log
  or kern.log.	If you specify a /var/adm/syslog.dated/file path name
  destination, each day the syslogd daemon creates a sub-directory under the
  /var/adm/syslog.dated directory and a log file in the sub-directory, using
  the following syntax:

       /var/adm/syslog.dated/ date / file

  Where:

    ·  The date variable specifies the day, month, and time that the log file
       was created.

    ·  The file variable specifies the name of the log file you previously
       specified in the /etc/syslog.conf file.
  The syslogd daemon automatically creates a new date directory every 24
  hours and also when you boot the system. The current directory is a link to
  the latest date directory. To get the latest logs, you only need to
  reference the /var/adm/syslog.dated/current directory.

EXAMPLES
  The following is a sample /etc/syslog.conf file:

       # syslogd config file
       #
       # facilities: kern user mail daemon auth syslog lpr binary
       # priorities: emerg alert crit err warning notice info debug
       kern.debug	       /var/adm/syslog.dated/kern.log
       user.debug	       /var/adm/syslog.dated/user.log
       mail.debug	       /var/adm/syslog.dated/mail.log
       daemon.debug	       /var/adm/syslog.dated/daemon.log
       auth.debug	       /var/adm/syslog.dated/auth.log
       syslog.debug	       /var/adm/syslog.dated/syslog.log
       lpr.info		       /var/adm/syslog.dated/lpr.log

       msgbuf.err	       /var/adm/crash/msgbuf.savecore

       kern.debug	       /var/adm/messages
       kern.debug	       /dev/console
       *.emerg		       *

FILES
  /etc/syslog.conf
  /etc/syslog.auth - Authorization file for remote logging.
  /usr/include/sys/syslog_pri.h - Common components of a syslog event log
  record.

RELATED INFORMATION
  Commands: /usr/sbin/syslogd(8), /usr/sbin/binlogd(8)

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