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== Description ==

The syslogd daemon is responsible for providing logging of messages
received from programs and facilities on the local host as well as
from remote hosts.

The klogd daemon listens to kernel message sources and is responsible
for prioritizing and processing operating system messages.  The klogd
daemon can run as a client of syslogd or optionally as a standalone
program.

== Packages ==

'''source''': sysklogd

'''binary''': sysklogd, klogd

To install these, run:
<pre>
sudo gainroot
apt-get install sysklogd
</pre>

== Usage ==

To start the klogd and syslog daemons:

<pre>
# start sysklogd
</pre>

Note that with time syslog can fill the root filesystem completely.  When that's done by a root process like syslog, it can become so full that the device fails to boot. Several days or even couple of weeks shouldn't be a problem, but it depends on the device usage. So, '''after you don't anymore need syslog, remove it and <tt>rm /var/log/syslog*</tt>.'''

== Links ==

[http://maemo.org/development/documentation/man_pages/sysklogd/ sysklogd man page]

[http://maemo.org/development/documentation/man_pages/klogd/ klogd man page]

== See Also ==

[[Category:Fremantle]]

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 Note that with time syslog can fill the root filesystem completely.  When that's done by a root process like syslog, it can become so full that the device fails to boot. Several days or even couple of weeks shouldn't be a problem, but it depends on the device usage. So, '''after you don't anymore need syslog, remove it and <tt>rm /var/log/syslog*</tt>.'''
-If you want to share your syslog file with public (Bugzilla?), removing IMEI and BSSID numbers is very important for security purposes.
 == Links ==