Hello everyone, and thanks for reading this post.

I've been trying to set up local facilities in syslog, but to no avail. In syslog.conf I added:

local3.* /var/log/mylog

Then, touched the new logfile and restarted syslog.
Despite this, the line seems to be ignored, as everything ends up in /var/log/messages.
Using 'logger' also proves it: 'logger -p local3.notice Test' will end up in 'messages'.

Using logger for other facility in the default config works as expected: 'logger -p ftp.info Test' will write to 'xferlog', as expected.

Any help or pointer will be much appreciated.

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Paulo

Check the order of the rules in /etc/syslog.conf

The default in 6.0-current starts with :

It is catching your "logger" message. Try changing the log level from NOTICE to INFO or something not on that list for it to get routed to /var/log/local3. Or else try readjusting the rules in syslog.conf or their order.

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Thank you for your help and time.
I tried to put my local3 definition as the first line in syslog.conf, but still no luck.

Also modified the, now, second line to exclude the local3 facility:

*.notice;local3,auth,authpriv,cron,ftp,kern,lpr,mail,user.none /var/log/messages

...And now my 'logger' tests vanish in the air.

EDIT: I've redone the whole process, several times, and even after upgrading to 6.0, to no avail. All the sudden, I have a working setup. I have no idea what I might have done differently, but everything is working as expected, now. I'll mark the thread as solved.
Thanks, everyone!