System Messages

facility.level


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facility
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user - messages generated by user processes. Default facility
kern - kernel messages
daemon - system daemons
auth - authorization system(login,su,getty)
lpr - generates messages from the line printer spoooling systemlpr and lpc
news - reserved for the usenet network news system
uucp - uucp system does not currently used
audit - audit facility
local0-7 - reserved for local use
mark - timestamp messages
* - indicates all facilities except mark


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level
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emerg - panic conditions that would normally be broadcast to all users
alert - conditions need to be corrected immediately such as corrupted database
crit - warnings about critical conditions, such as disk errors
err - other errors
warning -warning messages
notice - not error conditions but need handling such failed login
info - informational messages
debug - normally used when debugging programs
none - does not send messages