---
name: "syslog-facility"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "sysklogd"
version: "1.5-6"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/syslog-facility"
---

# syslog-facility(8)

Setup and remove LOCALx facility for sysklogd

## NAME

syslog-facility - Setup and remove LOCALx facility for sysklogd

## SYNOPSIS

**syslog-facility** **set** *set\_of\_priority* *log\_file*  ...

**syslog-facility** **remove** *facility*

## DESCRIPTION

**syslog-facility** can be used to setup a syslog facility and to remove it. The primary use of this perl script is to allow packages to automatically setup (and remove) a LOCALx facility. With the first argument beeing *set*, it will output a string containing the first free LOCALx facility that has been assigned to your request :

```
  # syslog-facility set all /var/log/sympa
  local0
```

This does mean that a line "local0.\*	/var/log/sympa" has been added to the syslog.conf file. If no free LOCALx facility has been found, then it outputs "none" (with a end of line).

You can use different set of priorities (most of what syslogd supports) :

```
  # syslog-facility set 'all;!=debug;' /var/log/sympa '=debug' /var/log/sympa-d
  local1
```

Pay particular attention to shell escapes since ';','!' have special meanings for them. The syntax is similar to syslog.conf except that '\*' must be replaced by 'all'.

In that case you will have two lines added two the syslog.conf file :

```
  local1.*;local1.!=debug       /var/log/sympa
  local1.=debug                 /var/log/sympa-d
```

If the first argument is *remove*, then it will remove all references to a precise LOCALx facility. Example :

```
  # syslog-facility remove local1
```

It will remove all references to the local1 facility.

## BUGS

The script doesn't know about multi-lines configuration (ie with '\\').

With a line like that "mail,local0.\* /anything", "syslog-facility remove local0" would remove the entire line. It should not be a problem since lines installed by this script cannot use this syntax.

## SEE ALSO

[**syslog.conf**(5)](/syslog.conf/5.md), [**sysklogd**(8)](/sysklogd/8.md).