As a matter of fact, now would be a good time to investigate the syslog configuration file, /etc/syslog.conf. (Note: If you don't have syslog.conf, keep reading for the sake of information, but you may be using an alternative syslog daemon.) Browsing that file, we see there are entries for each of the common log files mentioned above, plus possibly some other entries. The file has the format facility.priority action, where those fields are defined as follows: