Logging Errors- Syslogd Syslogd is the system logging daemon. It is responsible for logging all important information in the system and is configured by /etc/syslog.conf #Log all kernel messages to the console. kern.* /dev/console kern.* /var/log/kernel # Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher. # Don't log private authentication messages! daemon.*;*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none /var/log/messages # The authpriv file has restricted access. authpriv.* /var/log/secure # Log all the mail messages in one place. mail.* /var/log/maillog # Everybody gets emergency messages, plus log them on another machine. *.emerg * # Save mail and news errors of level err and higher in a special file. uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler # Save boot messages also to boot.log local7.* /var/log/boot.log