Logging

MadCactus · 11-30-2003, 02:30 PM

Hi,

I just kind of took it for granted that all my logging goes to /var/log/messages, but having tried Knoppix I see theres more to it than that. So exactly what commands/scripts are used for logging kernel stuff? I figured out "dmesg", but then theres also "syslogd" - do they do much the same thing?

Cheers,

M

Faecal · 11-30-2003, 05:14 PM

>do they do much the same thing?
No. dmesg is purely a convenient way of looking at kernel messages, whereas syslogd is a daemon that handles logging in a more general way. See "man syslogd".

rgerhards · 12-23-2003, 02:46 PM

Hi,

you may find this general intro into syslog helpful:

http://www.monitorware.com/Common/en...-described.asp