[SunHELP] syslog

David Baldwin sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Thu Aug 30 09:41:28 CDT 2001


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Hi all,
I have a network engeneer asking me to set up a syslog server for his
routers.  He gave me some instructions entitled "Setting Up the Syslog
Facility on a Sun Workstation"  It states that all I have to do is add a
line to syslog.conf, create a log file with the right perms and restart
syslogd.  The line is as follows for syslog.conf " local7.debug
/var/adm/logname"
I did some checking and found that local0-7 is reserved for local use
and that the router has to be configured to use the same level 0 through
7.
What I would like to know is, just what exactly is local0-7, and what is
reserved for local use supposed to mean, since it is not just local
apparently?
Thanks for any help.
Dave Baldwin

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have a network <span class=3DSpellE>engeneer</span> =
asking
me to set up a <span class=3DSpellE>syslog</span> server for his =
routers. <span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>He gave me some instructions =
entitled “Setting
Up the <span class=3DSpellE>Syslog</span> Facility on a Sun =
Workstation<span
class=3DGramE>”<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  =
</span>It</span>
states that all I have to do is add a line to <span =
class=3DSpellE>syslog.conf</span>,
create a log file with the right perms and restart <span =
class=3DSpellE>syslogd</span>.
<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The line is as follows for =
<span
class=3DSpellE>syslog.conf</span> <span class=3DGramE>“ =
local7.debug</span><span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>      </span>/<span
class=3DSpellE>var/adm/logname</span>”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>=


<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I did some checking and found that local0-7 is =
reserved for
local use and that the router has to be configured to use the same level =
0
through 7.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What I would like to know is, just what exactly is =
local0-7,
and what is reserved for local use supposed to mean, since it is not =
just local
apparently?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks for any help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dave Baldwin<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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