Steve Morris wrote:
> Colin Guthrie wrote:
>> Steve Morris wrote:
>>> I wasn't aware that these messages were logged to this file, which
>>> also raises another question I have been pondering. Why do we have so
>>> many log files, why do we not use just syslog?
>>
>> Erm, this *is* going through syslog....
>>
>> The syslog configuration (/etc/syslog.conf) determins how the various
>> messages are split out into separate files for convenience. I sure as
>> hell wouldn't want all my mail+firewall messages going into one big
>> file... Separate is good.
> Except for forensic investigation, unless you know exactly which of the
> various files contains a specific message.

If you plan on doing that, just configure your syslog.conf to put
everything in one file... e.g. /var/log/syslog..... I really wish
someone would do something sensible like that :p

Col

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