NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

syslog [console_on | console_off]

OPERANDS

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 option has the same effect as using the following command: syslog console_off. You must be root user to execute this command and the command will fail with no errors for any unauthorized user. 

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

FILES

/etc/syslog.conf

SEE ALSO

Commands:  syslogd(8)

Functions:  syslog(3)