Listing 1. Example syslog.conf File

# Log all kernel messages to the console.
# Logging much else clutters up the screen.
#kern.*
/dev/console
# Log anything (except mail) of level info or
# higher.
# Don't log private authentication messages!
*.info;mail.none;news.none;authpriv.none
/var/log/messages
# The authpriv file has restricted access.
authpriv.*
/var/log/secure
# Log all the mail messages in one place.
mail.*
/var/log/maillog
# Everybody gets emergency messages, plus log them
# on another machine.
*.emerg	*
# Save mail and news errors of level err and
# higher in a special file.
uucp,news.crit
/var/log/spooler
# Save boot messages also to boot.log local7.*
/var/log/boot.log
# INN
# news.=crit    /var/log/news/news.crit
news.=err       /var/log/news/news.err
news.notice     /var/log/news/news.notice