The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages, such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.
Compile the package:
make
This package does not come with a test suite.
Install the package:
make BINDIR=/sbin install
Create a new /etc/syslog.conf file by
running the following:
cat > /etc/syslog.conf << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/syslog.conf
auth,authpriv.* -/var/log/auth.log
*.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/sys.log
daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log
kern.* -/var/log/kern.log
mail.* -/var/log/mail.log
user.* -/var/log/user.log
*.emerg *
# End /etc/syslog.conf
EOF
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A system daemon for intercepting and logging kernel messages |
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Logs the messages that system programs offer for logging. Every logged message contains at least a date stamp and a hostname, and normally the program's name too, but that depends on how trusting the logging daemon is told to be |