There is simple, and then there is SIMPLE. The typical daemon has ONE LINE for logging configuration: "log file goes there". Some might have one line for the error log and another for an activity log. Some might let you say whether to use syslog or files. If you supply NO configuration, it will probably do something totally unsurprising and reasonably useful anyway.
Java app.s, on the other hand, tend to have multiple layers of log abstractions and may very well have dozens or hundreds of lines, in (a) separate configuration file(s), just to describe logging. It's great for debugging but hell for the poor sysadmin who only wants to say "put the log file there". I think that's what is being asked: there should be *one page* that begins with *everything you need to know* in order to say, "put the log file there". Just that. After that, it's appropriate to point out that much more subtle arrangements are available, and when you want more, come back, here are pointers to all the hairy details. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Typically when a software vendor says that a product is "intuitive" he means the exact opposite.
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