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.
Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU
Required disk space: 0.5 MB
Sysklogd installation depends on: Binutils, Coreutils, GCC, Glibc, and Make
Sysklogd has issues with the Linux 2.6 kernel series. Fix these issues by applying the following patch:
patch -Np1 -i ../sysklogd-1.4.1-kernel_headers-1.patch
There is also a race condition in the signal handling logic, and this sometimes confuses the sysklogd initscript. Fix this bug by applying another patch:
patch -Np1 -i ../sysklogd-1.4.1-signal-1.patch
Compile the package:
make
Install the package:
make install
Create a new file /etc/syslog.conf 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 * # End /etc/syslog.conf EOF