Installation guide

13.1.1 System Event Logging
The primary systemwide event-logging facility uses the syslog function to
log events in ASCII format. The syslog function uses the syslogd
daemon to collect the messages that are logged by the various kernel,
command, utility, and application programs. The syslogd daemon logs the
messages to a local file or forwards the messages to a remote system, as
specified in the /etc/syslog.conf file.
When you install your Tru64 UNIX operating system, the
/etc/syslog.conf file is created and specifies the default event-logging
configuration. The /etc/syslog.conf file specifies the file names that are
the destination for the event messages, which are in ASCII format.
Section 13.2.1.1 discusses the /etc/syslog.conf file.
13.1.2 Binary Event Logging
The binary event-logging facility detects hardware and software events in
the kernel and logs the detailed information in binary format records.
Events that are logged by the binary event-logging facility are also logged
by the syslog function in a less detailed, but still informative, summary
message.
The binary event-logging facility uses the binlogd daemon to collect
various event-log records. The binlogd daemon logs these records to a
local file or forwards the records to a remote system, as specified in the
/etc/binlog.conf default configuration file, which is created when you
install your Tru64 UNIX system.
In this release, , the event management utility of choice is the DECevent
component, in place of the uerf error logging facility. You can examine the
binary event-log files by using the dia command (preferred) or by using the
uerf command. Both commands translate the records from binary format
to ASCII format.
_______________________ Note _______________________
The uerf facility remains as a component of Tru64 UNIX, but
will be retired in a future release of the operating system. See
Appendix D or uerf
(8) for more information about using uerf.
The DECevent utility is an event managment utility that you can use to
produce ASCII reports from entries in the system’s event log files. The
DECevent utility can be used from the command line and it can be run by
selecting it from the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Application
Manager.
13–2 Administering Events and Errors