Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001337-01, July 2009)

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syslogdFacility

Changes the syslog facility.

Synopsis syslogdFacility [-l level]

Description Use this command to change the syslog facility to LOG_LOCAL0, LOG_LOCAL1, LOG_LOCAL2,

LOG_LOCAL3, LOG_LOCAL4, LOG_LOCAL5, LOG_LOCAL6, or LOG_LOCAL7.

Syslog daemon (syslogd) is a process available on most UNIX systems that reads and forwards

system messages to the appropriate log files or users, depending on the system configuration.

The specified facility is used when forwarding messages to the servers added through the

command syslogdIpAdd. The default facility is LOG_LOCAL7.

Note The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may

be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS commands" and Appendix A, "Command

Availability" for details.

Operands This command has the following operand:

-l level Specifies the syslog facility. The range is from 0 through 7. This operand is

optional; if omitted, the current facility is displayed.

Examples To set the syslog facility to LOG_LOCAL1:

switch:admin> syslogdfacility -l 1

Syslog facility changed to LOG_LOCAL1

See Also syslogdIpAdd, syslogdIpRemove, syslogdIpShow