Listing 5: Sample syslog configuration file

#ident  "@(#)syslog.conf        1.4     96/10/11 SMI"   /* SunOS 5.0 */
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# Copyright (c) 1991-1993, by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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# syslog configuration file.
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# This file is processed by m4 so be careful to quote (`') names
# that match m4 reserved words.  Also, within ifdef's, arguments
# containing commas must be quoted.
#
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# Kernel messages
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kern.*                        /var/log/kernel.log
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# mail system logs
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mail.*                        /var/log/maillog
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# cron logs
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cron.*                        /var/log/cron.log
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# Any messages from syslog
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syslog.*                    /var/log/syslog
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# All authentication messages
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auth.*                        /var/log/secure
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# tcp wrappers are using LOCAL0.NOTICE
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local0.notice                    /var/log/tcpd.log
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# Cisco Router logs at facility 20, level informational
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local4.info                    /var/log/router.log