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# Sample syslog.conf
#
# Breaks up syslog messages into separate
# files based on facility and importance.


# Log ALL messages to /var/log/messages
# for easy scanning by log checkers
*.debug                         /var/log/messages

# write to terminals for really bad situations
kern,daemon.crit                /dev/console
kern,daemon.crit	        root
*.emerg                         *

# Separate out other logs to be easier to read
# Debug level for more important facilities
kern.debug                      /var/log/kern.log
mail.debug                      /var/log/mail.log
daemon.debug                    /var/log/daemon.log
auth.debug                      /var/log/auth.log
syslog.debug                    /var/log/syslog.log
authpriv.debug                  /var/log/authpriv.log
ftp.debug                       /var/log/ftp.log

# Log ALL messages to /var/log/messages
# for easy scanning by log checkers
*.debug                         /var/log/messages

# write to terminals for really bad situations
kern,daemon.crit                /dev/console
kern,daemon.crit	              root
*.emerg                         *

# Separate out other logs to be easier to read
# Debug level for more important facilities
kern.debug                      /var/log/kern.log
mail.debug                      /var/log/mail.log
daemon.debug                    /var/log/daemon.log
auth.debug                      /var/log/auth.log
syslog.debug                    /var/log/syslog.log
authpriv.debug                  /var/log/authpriv.log
ftp.debug                       /var/log/ftp.log