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log the end-signal information and terminate immediately. Each message is one
line. A message can contain a priority code, marked by a digit enclosed in <>
(angle braces) at the beginning of the line.
Configuration File
The configuration file informs the syslogd daemon where to send a message,
depending on the message
′
s priority level and facility. The syslogd daemon
ignores blank lines and lines beginning with a # (pound sign).
Lines in the configuration file for the syslogd daemon contain a
selector field and
an action field, separated by one or more tabs. The selector field names a
facility and a priority level. You can separate facility names with a comma (,)
and separate the facility and priority-level portions of the
selector field with a
period (.). You can separate multiple entries in the same selector field with a
semicolon (;). To select all facilities, you can use an asterisk (*).
The
action field identifies a destination (file, host, user) to receive a message. If
routed to a remote host, the remote system will handle the message as
indicated in its own configuration file. To display messages on a user
′
s terminal,
the destination field must contain the name of a valid, logged-in user.
See Table 7 on page 190 for field definitions and uses.
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