debian syslog defaults

markus1982 · 04-13-2003, 10:58 AM

hi all,

i just checked my /etc/syslog.conf and saw

Quote:

*.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog

so it's like a catchall ? i wonder why the default setting is something alike ... also

Quote:

*.=debug;\
auth,authpriv.none;\
news.none;mail.none -/var/log/debug

why are these 2 settings not commented out by default? this is (depending on the system usage) a performance decrease IMHO ...

markus1982 · 04-19-2003, 04:42 AM

Well if anybody care's here's my /etc/syslog.conf:

Code:

#  /etc/syslog.conf     Configuration file for syslogd.
#
#                       For more information see syslog.conf(5)
#                       manpage.


# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# logging by priority
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
*.=crit                         /var/log/critical.log
*.=emerg                        *
*.=err                          /var/log/error.log
*.=info;mail.none;              /var/log/info.log
# --------------------------------------------------------------------



# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# logging by facility
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
auth,authpriv.*                 /var/log/auth.log
cron.*                          -/var/log/cron.log
daemon.*                        -/var/log/daemon.log
kern.*                          -/var/log/kern.log
lpr.*                           -/var/log/lpr.log
mail.*                          -/var/log/mail.log
news.crit                       /var/log/news/news.crit
news.err                        /var/log/news/news.err
news.notice                     -/var/log/news/news.notice
user.*                          -/var/log/user.log
uucp.*                          -/var/log/uucp.log
# --------------------------------------------------------------------



# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# logging to the virtual consoles (= display)
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
daemon,mail.*;\
        news.=crit;news.=err;news.=notice;\
        *.=debug;*.=info;\
        *.=notice;*.=warn       /dev/tty8
# --------------------------------------------------------------------