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syslog

Syntax

Hierarchy Level

Release Information

Statement introduced in JUNOS Release 9.2.

Description

Enable PIC system logging to record or view system log messages on a specific PIC. The system log information is passed to the kernel for logging in the /var/log/messages directory.

Options

facility—Group of messages that are either generated by the same software process or concern a similar condition or activity. Possible values include the following: daemon, external, kernel, and pfe.

severity—Classification of effect on functioning. Possible values are the same as for the native JUNOS Software and include the following:

• any—Include all severity levels.
• none—Disable logging of the associated facility to a destination.
• emergency—System panic or other condition that causes the routing platform to stop functioning.
• alert—Conditions that require immediate correction, such as a corrupted system database.
• critical—Critical conditions, such as hard errors.
• error—Error conditions that generally have less serious consequences than errors in the emergency, alert, and critical levels.
• warning—Conditions that warrant monitoring.
• notice—Conditions that are not errors but might warrant special handling.
• info—Events or nonerror conditions of interest.

Usage Guidelines

See Configuring System Log Messages.

Required Privilege Level

system—To view this statement in the configuration.

system-control—To add this statement to the configuration.