Installed
programs: klogd and
syslogd
The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages, such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.
The following patch fixes various issues, including a problem building Sysklogd with Linux 2.6 series kernels
patch -Np1 -i ../sysklogd-1.4.1-fixes-1.patch
Compile the package:
make
Install the package:
make install
Create a new /etc/syslog.conf file by running the following:
cat > /etc/syslog.conf << "EOF" # Begin /etc/syslog.conf auth,authpriv.* -/var/log/auth.log *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/sys.log daemon.* -/var/log/daemon.log kern.* -/var/log/kern.log mail.* -/var/log/mail.log user.* -/var/log/user.log *.emerg * # log the bootscript output: local2.* -/var/log/boot.log # End /etc/syslog.conf EOF