Installing Sysklogd-1.4.1

Estimated build time:           0.1 SBU
Estimated required disk space:  472 KB

Contents of Sysklogd

(Last checked against version 1.4.1.)

The Sysklogd package contains programs for recording system log messages, such as those reported by the kernel.

Sysklogd installs the following:

Program Files

klogd and syslogd

Sysklogd Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 1.4.1.)

Binutils: as, ld, strip
Coreutils: install
GCC: cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Make: make

Installation of Sysklogd

Compile Sysklogd:

make

And install it:

make install

Configuring Sysklogd

Create a new file /etc/syslog.conf by running the following:

cat > /etc/syslog.conf << "EOF"
# Begin /etc/syslog.conf

auth,authpriv.* -/var/log/auth.log
*.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/sys.log
daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log
kern.* -/var/log/kern.log
mail.* -/var/log/mail.log
user.* -/var/log/user.log
*.emerg *

# End /etc/syslog.conf
EOF