System Log Files; Before You Begin - Juniper J2300 User Manual

J-series™ Services Router User Guide
so, the router selects the appropriate local user template locally configured
on the router. If a local user template does not exist for the authenticated
user, the router defaults to the
For more information, see "Setting Up Template Accounts" on page 189.

System Log Files

The JUNOS software generates system log messages (also called syslog messages)
to record events that occur on the Services Router, including the following:
The JUNOS system logging utility is similar to the UNIX
system log message identifies the software process that generated the message
and briefly describes the operation or error that occurred.
When you configure system logging, you can direct messages to
one or more destinations:
Each system log message belongs to a facility, which is a group of messages
that are either generated by the same software process or concern a similar
condition or activity (such as authentication attempts).
Reboot requests are recorded to the system log files, which you can view
with the
that are scheduled to be shut down are changed. You can view the process
names with the

Before You Begin

Before you perform any system management tasks, you must perform
the initial Services Router configuration described in "Establishing
Basic Connectivity" on page 47.
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Before You Begin
Routine operations, such as creation of an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
protocol adjacency or a user login into the configuration database
Failure and error conditions, such as failure to access a configuration file or
unexpected closure of a connection to a child or peer process
Emergency or critical conditions, such as router power-off due to excessive
temperature
To a named file in a local file system
To the terminal session of one or more specific users (or all users) when they
are logged into the router
To the router console
To a remote machine that is running the UNIX
command. Also, the names of any running processes
show log
show system processes
template.
remote
syslogd
syslogd
command.
utility. Each
utility