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syslogd is the system log daemon which will log system messages in a standard way such that every message is prepended with time and hostname field.

   syslogd  [ -a socket ] [ -d ] 
            [ -f config file ] [ -h ] [ -l hostlist ] 
            [ -m interval ] [-n ] [ -p socket ] [ -r ] 
            [ -s domainlist ] [ -t ] [ -v ]

Syslogd's default configuration file is /etc/syslog.conf

See also: dmesg

External links

• Syslog & Log Analysis (www.syslog.org)