Documentation/devtools/maemo5/syslog
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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:
sudo gainroot apt-get install sysklogd
Usage
To start the klogd and syslog daemons:
# start sysklogd
Note that when you don't need syslog, it's best to remove it and rm /var/log/syslog*. Syslog has some log file rotation, but with time it can fill the root filesystem completely. When that's done by a root process, it can become so full that the device fails to boot.
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