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Logging is meant that some data is passed to the [[syslog]] daemon for writing down data for later inspection. | Logging is meant that some data is passed to the [[syslog]] daemon for writing down data for later inspection. | ||
It may be helpful to create a logfile that collects all information for all facilities and levels. On an [[opensuse]] system this looks like so: | |||
# | |||
# enable this, if you want to keep all messages | |||
# in one file | |||
*.* -/var/log/all | |||
When viewing this file then one can use tools like [[grep]] to filter a keyword. |
Latest revision as of 01:09, 30 August 2009
Logging is meant that some data is passed to the syslog daemon for writing down data for later inspection.
It may be helpful to create a logfile that collects all information for all facilities and levels. On an opensuse system this looks like so:
# # enable this, if you want to keep all messages # in one file *.* -/var/log/all
When viewing this file then one can use tools like grep to filter a keyword.