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diff --git a/examples/syslog.conf b/examples/syslog.conf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..686cd19 --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/syslog.conf @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# This is a sample syslog.conf fragment for use with Sudo. +# +# By default, sudo logs to "authpriv" if your system supports it, else it +# uses "auth". The facility can be set via the --with-logfac configure +# option or in the sudoers file. +# To see what syslog facility a sudo binary uses, run `sudo -V' as *root*. +# +# NOTES: +# The whitespace in the following line is made up of <TAB> +# characters, *not* spaces. You cannot just cut and paste! +# +# If you edit syslog.conf you need to send syslogd a HUP signal. +# Ie: kill -HUP process_id +# +# Syslogd will not create new log files for you, you must first +# create the file before syslogd will log to it. Eg. +# 'touch /var/log/sudo' + +# This logs successful and failed sudo attempts to the file /var/log/auth +# If your system has the authpriv syslog facility, use authpriv.debug +auth.debug /var/log/auth + +# To log to a remote machine, use something like the following, +# where "loghost" is the name of the remote machine. +# If your system has the authpriv syslog facility, use authpriv.debug +auth.debug @loghost |