Need help in syslog

arthik_tn · 11-15-2007, 06:54 AM

Hi Im new to the linux......

I need to know about syslog

1. How to configure the syslog
2. How to map the log to the syslog
3. How to configure the sevierity for the messages
4.Restrictions / Limitations - like the length of the string that can be logged etc
5.Configuration, Usage, Severity levels supported

Please help me out thanks in advance . Its very urgent

DotHQ · 11-15-2007, 07:18 AM

If you do a:
man syslog you will get a lot of your answers there.
If you don't have the man pages loaded with your OS you can go to http://www.die.net and type in syslog it will show you the man page.
Not sure what Linux version you loaded but RH / Fedora uses /etc/logrotate.conf to determine how often to rotate all system logs.

Another tool for use with logs is syslog-ng. It is open source and works well.

HTH.

mrrangerman · 11-15-2007, 08:20 AM

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