Syslog Alert Facilities

The following table lists the syslog facilities you can select.

Available Syslog Facilities

Facility

Description

AUTH

A message associated with security and authorization.

AUTHPRIV

A restricted access message associated with security and authorization. On many systems, these messages are forwarded to a secure file.

CONSOLE

An alert message.

CRON

A message generated by the clock daemon.

Note that syslog servers running a Linux operating system will use the CRON facility.

DAEMON

A message generated by a system daemon.

FTP

A message generated by the FTP daemon.

KERN

A message generated by the kernel. On many systems, these messages are printed to the console when they appear.

LOCAL0-LOCAL7

A message generated by an internal process.

LPR

A message generated by the printing subsystem.

MAIL

A message generated by a mail system.

NEWS

A message generated by the network news subsystem.

NTP

A message generated by the NTP daemon.

SECURITY

A message generated by the audit subsystem.

SYSLOG

A message generated by the syslog daemon.

SOLARIS-CRON

A message generated by the clock daemon.

Note that syslog servers running a Windows operating system will use the CLOCK facility.

USER

A message generated by a user-level process.

UUCP

A message generated by the UUCP subsystem.