[Cialug] difference between syslog and messages?

[Matthew Nuzum]

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Nathan C. Smith <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:
> What are the differences between /var/log/syslog and /var/log/messages?  Is the messages log primarily for local system events or does it mean I have too many logging tools running?
>

I've wondered this too and I think it might be different from one
distro to the next. On Ubuntu it appears that some things that go to
syslog also go to messages where as when I was a RH person I thought
some things went to messages and other, different, things went to
syslog (but maybe I had a wrong understanding).

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