NAME

syslog − enables and disables printing to the console device, /dev/console, by the syslogd daemon. 

SYNOPSIS

syslog [console_on  | console_off ]

The arguments to this command are as follows:

console_on − Starts printing to the console by the syslogd daemon

console_off − Stops printing to the console by the syslogd daemon. 

DESCRIPTION

Under certain circumstances you may need to control the volume of information messages displayed on the console device. The syslog command enables you to control the syslogd daemon’s capability to print messages to the console device. 

Starting the syslogd daemon with the -s flag has the same effect as using the following command: syslog console_off

The information is still logged in a log file, providing that logging is enabled on your system. 

RELATED INFORMATION

Commands: /usr/sbin/syslogd

Functions: syslog(3)

Files: /etc/syslog.conf