Syslog Alert Facilities
The following table lists the syslog facilities you can select.
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Facility |
Description |
|---|---|
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ALERT |
An alert message. |
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AUDIT |
A message generated by the audit subsystem. |
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AUTH |
A message associated with security and authorization. |
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AUTHPRIV |
A restricted access message associated with security and authorization. On many systems, these messages are forwarded to a secure file. |
|
CLOCK |
A message generated by the clock daemon. Note that syslog servers running a Windows operating system will
use the
|
|
CRON |
A message generated by the clock daemon. Note that syslog servers running a Linux operating system will
use the
|
|
DAEMON |
A message generated by a system daemon. |
|
FTP |
A message generated by the FTP daemon. |
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KERN |
A message generated by the kernel. On many systems, these messages are printed to the console when they appear. |
|
LOCAL0-LOCAL7 |
A message generated by an internal process. |
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LPR |
A message generated by the printing subsystem. |
|
|
A message generated by a mail system. |
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NEWS |
A message generated by the network news subsystem. |
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NTP |
A message generated by the NTP daemon. |
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SYSLOG |
A message generated by the syslog daemon. |
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USER |
A message generated by a user-level process. |
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UUCP |
A message generated by the UUCP subsystem. |