9.4. The syslogd daemon
The syslog function on AIX is provided by the syslogd daemon. The syslogd daemon reads a datagram socket and sends each message line to a destination described by the /etc/syslog.conf configuration file. The syslogd daemon reads the configuration file when it is activated or when it receives a hangup signal.
9.4.1. Starting the syslogd daemon
The syslogd daemon is started during system IPL by srcmstr. The stanza in ODM is shown in Figure 9-2.
Figure 9-2. Syslogd stanza in ODM
9.4.2. syslog configuration file
The configuration file informs the syslogd daemon where to send a system message depending on the message’s ...
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