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Rich
Asked: 2010-09-23 05:48:09 +0800 CST

Tool for testing syslog

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Does anyone know of a tool or a script that I could use to send messages to syslog? I'm trying to troubleshoot a syslog configuration, and I'm having trouble eliminating possibilities. What I would like to do is something like this:

./testScript -f myFacility "testing testing 123"

and it sends it to syslog on the local machine.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Rich

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  1. Best Answer

    have a look at the logger command.

    e.g.

    logger -p auth.notice "Some message for the auth.log file"

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