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Linux Logging
I am new to Linux. I need to ensure that I have my system setup to log everything correctly to my central syslog server. Right now, I have the following in my syslog.conf. Now, I just want to ask, will this log everything? I cannot find any documentation on how to actually configure a level of logging for these logs. It almost seems to me that they are logged by default and your just tell it what level to log and I am logging everything. Is that correct?
# Log all kernel messages to the console.
# Logging much else clutters up the screen.
#kern.* /dev/console
# Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher.
# Don't log private authentication messages!
*.info;mail.none;authpriv.
# The authpriv file has restricted access.
authpriv.* /var/log/secure
# Log all the mail messages in one place.
mail.* -/var/log/maillog
# Log cron stuff
cron.* /var/log/cron
# Everybody gets emergency messages
*.emerg
# Log all kernel messages to the console.
# Logging much else clutters up the screen.
#kern.* /dev/console
# Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher.
# Don't log private authentication messages!
*.info;mail.none;authpriv.
# The authpriv file has restricted access.
authpriv.* /var/log/secure
# Log all the mail messages in one place.
mail.* -/var/log/maillog
# Log cron stuff
cron.* /var/log/cron
# Everybody gets emergency messages
*.emerg
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krishna_babu5
yep all facilities and all levels of the logging should be logged at remote host "@hostname"
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So one more question - does this assume that my applications are configured for logging?
ASKER
Also,
If I have this line, *.info;mail.none;authpriv.
If I have this line, *.info;mail.none;authpriv.