Summary
The syslog facility accepts messages sent to it from the system (the kernel and device driver) and user programs and handles them based on the entries in the /etc/syslog.conf file.
Typically, the syslog facility writes these messages to the specified log file, but other processing options are also supported.
A syslog message is categorized by its source, a source facility, and a priority, or severity level.
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