Syslog Facility

Facility
code Keyword Description
0 kern         Kernel messages
1 user         User-level messages
2 mail         Mail system
3 daemon System daemons
4 auth         Security/authentication messages
5 syslog Messages generated internally by syslogd
6 lpr         Line printer subsystem
7 news Network news subsystem
8 uucp UUCP subsystem
9 cron          Cron subsystem
10 authpriv         Security/authentication messages
11 ftp         FTP daemon
12 ntp         NTP subsystem
13 security         Log audit
14 console Log alert
15 solaris-cron Scheduling daemon
16 local0 Locally used facilities
17 local1 Locally used facilities
18 local2 Locally used facilities
19 local3 Locally used facilities
20 local4 Locally used facilities
21 local5 Locally used facilities
22 local6 Locally used facilities
23 local7 Locally used facilities