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-====== Synchronet Daemon (UNIX) ====== +====== syslog (UNIX) ====== 
-FIXME+ 
 +Synchronet for *nix-like OSes can send its server and services output to your system's ''[[wp>syslog]]'' facility (e.g. ''rsyslogd'' on Debian Linux). When running ''sbbs'' as a daemon, syslog-output is automatically enabled. When running ''sbbs'' interactively (not daemonized), syslog output can be enabled by passing the ''syslog'' command-line option to ''sbbs'': 
 + 
 +  $ sbbs syslog 
 + 
 +===== Configuring =====  
 + 
 +The syslog functionality is configurable via the ''LogFacility'' (default: ''U'') and ''LogIdent'' (default: ''synchronet'') values of the ''[[config:nix|[UNIX]]]'' section of your ''[[dir:ctrl]]/[[config:sbbs.ini]]'' file. 
 + 
 +You can further configure your syslog output (e.g. directories and filenames) through the setup of your system's syslog facility (e.g. via the ''/etc/rsyslogd.conf'' file on Debian Linux). 
 + 
 +===== Monitoring ===== 
 +The ''syslog'' output of the Synchronet daemon will usually go to a file in your ''/var/log'' directory. You can monitor real-time changes to this file with the ''tail -f'' command. 
 +  $ tail -f /var/log/sbbs.log 
 + 
 +If you're using **systemd** to start and control ''sbbs'', you can use ''journalctl'' to monitor the log (with colorized log lines) in real-time: 
 +  $ journalctl --follow -u sbbs 
 + 
 +Another option for systemd systems is to use ''systemctl'' together with ''watch'' to monitor both the service status and log output together in real-time: 
 +  $ sudo watch systemctl status sbbs 
 +   
 +An alternative tool to actively monitor log files is the ''lnav'' utility: 
 + 
 +  $ sudo lnav /var/log/logfile 
 +  
 +On Darwin/macOS, you can use the ''log'' utility to view live or past log messages: 
 + 
 +  $ log stream --debug --process sbbs 
 ===== See Also ===== ===== See Also =====
   * [[:monitor:|Monitoring]]   * [[:monitor:|Monitoring]]
 +  * [[:config:nix|UNIX Configuration]]
  
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