10.47. Sysklogd-1.4.1

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# 10.47. Sysklogd-1.4.1

The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages, such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.

## 10.47.1. Installation of Sysklogd

The following patch fixes various issues, including a problem building Sysklogd with Linux 2.6 series kernels

    patch -Np1 -i ../sysklogd-1.4.1-fixes-1.patch

Compile the package:

    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

    make install

## 10.47.2. Configuring Sysklogd

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 *

    # log the bootscript output:
    local2.* -/var/log/boot.log

    # End /etc/syslog.conf
    EOF

## 10.47.3. Contents of Sysklogd

Installed programs: klogd and syslogd

### Short Descriptions

klogd | A system daemon for intercepting and logging kernel messages
syslogd | 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.

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