Difference between /var/log/syslog and /var/adm/messages

vks47 · June 9, 2011, 7:47am

Hi,

Is the contents in /var/log/syslog and /var/adm/messages are same??

Regards

bartus11 · June 9, 2011, 7:54am

Most commonly they are not the same. To see what kind of messages go to /var/adm/messages and which go to /var/log/syslog , check /etc/syslog.conf

vks47 · June 9, 2011, 8:03am

Thanks for your response bartus11. So both these files contains system generated error messages right??Do i need to make any changes in /etc/syslog.conf to get /var/log/syslog messages.Or it is a default setting in the OS?

Thanks in Advance

bartus11 · June 9, 2011, 8:55am

From what I can see on Solaris servers that I have access to, /var/log/syslog is used to log mail related messages. For system messages /var/adm/messages is used.