https://wassimaouadi.com/tags/syslog/ Recent content in Syslog on Hugo en Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:31:13 +0200 https://wassimaouadi.com/technotes/systemlogging/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:31:13 +0200 https://wassimaouadi.com/technotes/systemlogging/ <h1 id="definition">Definition</h1> <p>Syslogs contain subsets of information on faults, events, audit &amp; session data, all related the monitored objects. Not all logs depict errors. Syslog can include audit and event logs.</p> <h1 id="syslog-facilities">Syslog Facilities</h1> <p>Any program or process capable of generating syslogs.</p> <h1 id="syslog-severities">Syslog Severities</h1> <p>aka syslog severity levels or syslog priorities. The describe different levels of importance. Example of syslog severities: emergency, alert, critical, informational, warnings.</p> <h1 id="how-linux-implements-logging">How Linux implements logging</h1> <h2 id="rsyslogd">rsyslogd</h2> <p>Verify the version of rsyslogd deployed on a RHEL machine:</p>