Filer Administration Basics2-23
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The filer maintains messages in the /etc/messages file on the root volume.
The level of information that the filer records in the /etc/messages file is configurable.

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The message logging daemon, syslogd, uses the /etc/syslog.conf configuration file
on the filer root volume to determine how to log system messages.
You can configure syslogd to direct system messages to the console, to a file, or to
a remote system based on their severity and origin.
By default, all system messages (except for those of severity level debug) are written
to the console and to the /etc/messages file on the root volume.

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The /etc/syslog.conf file consists of lines with two tab-separated (not space-
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The facility parameter specifies the subsystem from which the message origi-
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auth messages from the authentication system, such as login
cron messages from the internal cron facility
daemon messages from filer daemons, such as rshd

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