2.3.4 Setting the system log
To output to the system log, you must make OS system log settings for outputting the following facilities. For output to the system log, the environment must be set up so that the system administrator can detect errors during operation.
Name |
Value of /etc/syslog.conf |
Macro value |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
System daemon |
daemon |
LOG_DAEMON |
-- |
User process |
user |
LOG_USER |
Enable this facility in order to output system logs for the ftsstop and ftslogstop commands. |
The following figure shows an example of a typical system log specification (/etc/syslog.conf file):
This example outputs to the /var/syslog file all messages whose priority (level) is a notification message or higher for all facilities.
For details, see the information for such items as syslog, syslogd, and syslog.conf in the OS documentation.