6.55. Installing Sysklogd-1.4.1

6.55.1. Contents of Sysklogd

The Sysklogd package contains programs for recording system log messages, such as those reported by the kernel.

Installed programs: klogd and syslogd

6.55.2.

6.55.3. Sysklogd Installation Dependencies

Sysklogd depends on: Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, Make.

6.55.4.

6.55.5. Installation of Sysklogd

Compile Sysklogd:

make

And install it:

make install

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6.55.7. Configuring Sysklogd

Create a new file /etc/syslog.conf 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