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syslogd - otherwise known as the syslog daemon.

The syslogd daemon handles messages from servers and other user-mode programs. It’s usually paired with a daemon called klogd, which is generally installed from the same sysklogd package as syslogd. The klogd daemon manages logging of kernel messages.

For configuration, this is done through the /etc/syslog.conf file. (The rsyslogd configuration file is /etc/rsyslog.conf and is similar to syslog.conf.)