J and T wrote:

> 
> I think the most confusing part about all this is how many different 
> configuration files make up the logging. The biggest problem is in the 
> naming of their files:
> 
> /etc/syslog.conf <- you would think it would be done here. After all, this 
> is the "conf" file.
> 
> /etc/sysconfig/syslog <- while it doesn't state "conf", it is indeed the 
> configuration file you need to be working on. This exists at least as far 
> back as Red Hat 7.3.
> 

The .conf files configure the services themselves. The /etc/sysconfig/ files
(/etc/default/ under Debian and derivatives) configure the startup of
services by the init system.

The .conf files are typically supplied by the individual products. The files
in /etc/sysconfig (/etc/default/) are typically supplied by the distribution
since there is little standardization between the distros regarding init.

-Tom
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