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Command Reference for x510 Series
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AlliedWare Plus™ Operating System - Version 5.4.7-1.x
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OGGING
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OMMANDS
LOG
FACILITY
log facility
Overview
Use this command to assign a facility to all log messages generated on this device.
This facility overrides any facility that is automatically generated as part of the log
message.
Use the
no
variant of this command to remove the configured facility.
Syntax
log facility {kern|user|mail|daemon|auth|syslog|lpr|news|uucp|
cron|authpriv|ftp|local0|local1|local2|local3|local4|local5|
local6|local7}
no log facility
Default
None. The outgoing syslog facility depends on the log message.
Mode
Global Configuration
Usage
Specifying different facilities for log messages generated on different devices can
allow messages from multiple devices sent to a common server to be
distinguished from each other.
Ordinarily, the facility values generated in log messages have meanings as shown
in the following table. Using this command will override these meanings, and the
new meanings will depend on the use you put them to.
Table 10-1: Ordinary meanings of the facility parameter in log messages
Facility
Description
kern
Kernel messages
user
User-level messages
Mail system
daemon
System daemons
auth
Security/authorization messages
syslog
Messages generated internally by the syslog daemon
lpr
Line printer subsystem
news
Network news subsystem
uucp
UNIX-to-UNIX Copy Program subsystem
cron
Clock daemon
authpriv
Security/authorization (private) messages
