NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

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

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       syslog [console_on | console_off]

OPERANDS    [Toc]    [Back]

       The arguments to  this  command  are  as  follows:  Starts
       printing  to  the  console  by  the syslogd daemon.  Stops
       printing to the console by the syslogd daemon.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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    [Toc]    [Back]

SEE ALSO
       Commands:  syslogd(8)

       Functions:  syslog(3)



                                                        syslog(1)