Re: syslog

[Ben Russo <ben@muppethouse.com>]

Matthew Joyce wrote:

> I have been asked by a 3rd party (who managed some comms equipment for 
> us) if we have a syslog server.
> If so, they say they can direct some logs to it.
...
> We have some Debian boxes, don’t they all have syslog running ?
> How does it work ?

man syslogd

And if you go to google and search for "system administration syslog" 
you will find gazillions of high quality online reference materials and 
howtos.