How to Customize System Message Logging

1. Become superuser.

2. Using the editor of your choice, edit the /etc/syslog.conf file, adding or changing message sources, priorities, and message locations according to the syntax described in syslog.conf(4) .

3. Exit the file, saving the changes.

Example--Customizing Message System Logging

The following /etc/syslog.conf lines are provided by default during the Solaris installation process.

user.err					/dev/console
user.err					        /var/adm/messages
user.alert					     `root, operator'
user.emerg					     *
 

This means the following user messages are automatically logged:

• User errors are printed to the console and also are logged to the /var/adm/messages file.

• User messages requiring immediate action (alert) are sent to the root and operator users.

• User emergency messages are sent to individual users.