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.
regards,
Steve
>
> Col
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