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4.5.6. Logging Configuration
Clicking on the tab displays the page, which provides an interface for configuring logging settings.
You can configure the following settings for global logging configuration:
- Checking enables debugging messages in the log file.
- Checking enables messages to
syslog. You can select the and the . The setting indicates that messages at the selected level and higher are sent tosyslog. - Checking enables messages to the log file. You can specify the name. The setting indicates that messages at the selected level and higher are written to the log file.
You can override the global logging settings for specific daemons by selecting one of the daemons listed beneath the heading at the bottom of the page. After selecting the daemon, you can check whether to log the debugging messages for that particular daemon. You can also specify the
syslog and log file settings for that daemon.
Click for the logging configuration changes you have specified to take effect.

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