Syslog (/etc/syslog.conf)

This window allows you to view and edit the /etc/syslog.conf file. The /etc/syslog.conf file controls the logging of system messages. Based on their severity and origin, system messages can be directed to the console, to a file, or to a remote system. By default, all system messages (except for those of severity level "debug") are written to the console and to the /etc/messages file.

The Syslog window provides the following information about the way the filer logs system messages:

• Action: The place to forward the received message when it originates from the specified facility and is of the specified level or higher. An action can be the pathname of a file (beginning with a slash), a remote host (beginning with the @ sign), or the console (/dev/console or the * sign).
• Priority: The severity of the condition from which the message was generated-emergency, alert, critical, etc.
• Facility: The subsystem from which the message originated-filer kernel, filer daemons, etc.

The Syslog window provides buttons that allow you to create a new action, enter new comments, and modify and delete actions and selectors in the /etc/syslog.conf file. The window provides the following buttons:

• Reload. Click this button to reload the existing /etc/syslog.conf file from the filer.
• Save. Click this button to save the changes to the /etc/syslog.conf file. Changes to the file take effect immediately.

  NOTE: Reboot the filer after changing any /etc file to make sure the new configuration works correctly.

• New Action. Click on a blank line in the display box and click New Action to define a new action.
• New Selector. Click the appropriate action in the display box and click New Selector to define a new selector for the specified action.
• New Comment. Click the appropriate action in the display box and click New Comment add a new comment to describe an action, or click the appropriate selector in the display box and click New Comment to add a new comment to describe a selector.
• Modify. Click the appropriate action in the display box and click Modify to change the information for an action, or click the appropriate selector in the display box and click Modify to change the information for a selector.
• Delete. Click the appropriate action in the display box and click Delete to remove an action from the /etc/syslog.conf file, or click the appropriate selector in the display box and click Delete to remove a selector from the /etc/syslog.conf file.