syslog协议的Facility, Severity数字代号和PRI计算
一条syslog信息包含三部分,PRI, HEADER和MSG,其中PRI是<>扩起来的一个数字,这个数字就代表了不同Facility和Severity的消息。
其中Facility, Severity的数字代号列表如下:
Facility:
| Code | Keyword | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| 0 | kern | kernel messages | 
| 1 | user | user-level messages | 
| 2 | mail system | |
| 3 | daemon | system daemons | 
| 4 | auth | security/authorization messages | 
| 5 | syslog | messages generated internally by syslogd | 
| 6 | lpr | line printer subsystem (archaic subsystem) | 
| 7 | news | network news subsystem (archaic subsystem) | 
| 8 | uucp | UUCP subsystem (archaic subsystem) | 
| 9 | clock daemon | |
| 10 | authpriv | security/authorization messages | 
| 11 | ftp | FTP daemon | 
| 12 | - | NTP subsystem | 
| 13 | - | log audit | 
| 14 | - | log alert | 
| 15 | cron | scheduling daemon | 
| 16 | local0 | local use 0 (local0) | 
| 17 | local1 | local use 1 (local1) | 
| 18 | local2 | local use 2 (local2) | 
| 19 | local3 | local use 3 (local3) | 
| 20 | local4 | local use 4 (local4) | 
| 21 | local5 | local use 5 (local5) | 
| 22 | local6 | local use 6 (local6) | 
| 23 | local7 | local use 7 (local7) | 
Severity:
| Code | Keyword | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| 0 | emerg | System is unusable | 
| 1 | alert | Should be corrected immediately | 
| 2 | crit | Critical conditions | 
| 3 | err | Error conditions | 
| 4 | warning | May indicate that an error will occur if action is not taken. | 
| 5 | notice | Events that are unusual, but not error conditions. | 
| 6 | info | Normal operational messages that require no action. | 
| 7 | debug | Information useful to developers for debugging the application. | 
针对PRI的计算公式:PRI = FacilityCode*8 + SeverityCode
举个例子: local3.info的日志,它的PRI就是19*8+6=158,所以这条消息在传输中的格式为<158> {HEADER} {MEG}
再一个例子,如果看到一条PRI为14的消息,那么它实际的级别就是user.info (1*8+6=14)
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