syslog.conf: *.debug

[Andy Farkas]

On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Craig Reyenga wrote:
> From: "Andy Farkas" <andyf at speednet.com.au>
> >
> > /etc/syslog.conf recently had `*.debug /var/log/debug/log' added.
> >
> > syslogd seems to be sending *.* to this file. Anyone else see this?
> >
>
> That's because debug is the lowest level of logging, so in effect, you _are_
> logging *.*; syslog logs debug and up, in all facilities, to the file you
> specified.
>
> -Craig
>

Yes. So maybe it should be changed to "*.=debug"

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        Andy Farkas
    System Administrator
   Speednet Communications
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