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Date:      Sat, 5 Dec 1998 13:32:50 -0800 (PST)
From:      Mike Holling <myke@ees.com>
To:        ilg@Romania.EU.net
Cc:        "'Roger Marquis'" <marquis@roble.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Syslog.conf setup
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9812051330530.6184-100000@phluffy.fks.bt>
In-Reply-To: <008a01be2092$695450c0$0395e2c1@ilg-mobile>

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> > This example is trying to use "*" as a log level, which is incorrect.
> > You can use "*" to indicate all facilities but not all log levels.

I wasted an afternoon once figuring this out, the man pages don't make it
as clear as it should be.  Basically, "*" is valid for facilities, but not
for levels.  A level means "log everything at this level and above". Since
debug is the lowest level, it catches everything.  If you wanted to catch
every single message, you would use

*.debug

Hope this helps.

- Mike



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