Configuration File Field Definitions - IBM RS/6000 SP Problem Determination Manual

Table 7. Configuration File Field Definitions
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Facility Names
Selector Field
Priority Levels
Action Field Destination
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kern Kernel
user User Level
mail Mail subsystem
daemon System daemons
auth Security or authorization
syslog syslogd daemon
lpr Line-printer subsystem
news News subsystem
uucp uucp subsystem
* All facilities
LOG_EMERG
emerg . Emergency (or
panic) messages, for
example, disk errors.
Emergency/panic errors are
not distributed to all users.
LOG_ALERT
alert . Important
messages such as a serious
hardware error. These
messages are distributed to
all users.
LOG_CRIT
crit Critical messages
not classified as errors, for
example, improper login
attempts. LOG_CRIT and
higher-priority messages
are sent to the system
console.
LOG_ERR
err . Represents an
error condition, for example,
an unsuccessful disk write.
LOG_WARNING
warning
abnormal, but recoverable
conditions.
LOG_NOTICE
notice
informational message. All
messages without a priority
are mapped to this priority.
LOG_INFO
info . Informational
messages. Normally you
can discard these
messages, but they can be
useful in analyzing the
system.
LOG_DEBUG
debug . Debugging
messages. You can discard
these messages.
none Excludes the selected
facility. This priority level is
useful only if preceded by
an entry with an * (asterisk)
in the same selector field.
File name Full path name of a file
opened in append mode
@host Host name, preceded by @
(at sign)
User,user User name(s)
* All users
. Messages for
. Important