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  NAME

    errord.rc - Error log configuration file

  DESCRIPTION

    The errord.rc file is a text file that contains configuration information
    for the errord daemon.  The set of keywords and corresponding values
    understood by the errord daemon are as follows.  No spaces are permitted
    before or after the equals sign (=) in the keyword definitions.

    function=remote_error
                     Sends error messages to a remote system if s is
                     specified, receives error messages from remote systems if
                     r is specified, and does not send or receive error
                     messages from remote systems if n is specified.  The
                     value n is the default.

    node=nodename    Specifies the nodename of the system to send errors to.
                     This keyword may be used only if the function= keyword is
                     set to s (send error messages to a remote system).

    name=log_name    Specifies the name of the file to be used as the error
                     log file.  The default filename is /usr/adm/errlog.

    max=size         Specifies the maximum size (in blocks) of the error log
                     file.  When the error log file reaches this size, it is
                     renamed /usr/adm/errlogdate (where date is today's date
                     in the format MMDD) and a new error log file is created.
                     The default maximum size is 500 blocks.

    include=error_type
                     Specifies a list of error types to log in the error log
                     file.  If an include= line exists and an error type is
                     not listed on the include= line, that error type is not
                     logged.  If multiple include= lines appear in the file,
                     only the error types specified on the first include= line
                     are logged.  The default action of the errord daemon is
                     to log all error types.

                     Valid error types for include= are as follows:  device,
                     user, panic, sysmsg, memory, slave, disk, tape, floppy,
                     ascn, scan, parallel, digitizer, timeout, security,
                     stray, optic, soft, retry and hard.

                     The include= and exclude= keywords are mutually
                     exclusive.

    exclude=error_type
                     Specifies a list of error types not to log in the error
                     log file.  If an error type is not listed on an exclude=



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                     line, that error type is logged.  If multiple exclude=
                     lines appear in the file, only the error types specified
                     on the first exclude= line are not logged.  The default
                     action of the daemon is to log all error types.  Valid
                     error types for exclude= are the same as the error types
                     for include=.

                     The include= and exclude= keywords are mutually
                     exclusive.

    #text            Specifies a comment.  All text following the # character
                     will be ignored by the errord(8) daemon.

  EXAMPLES

    The following text is a sample error log configuration file.  The lines
    marked with a number sign (#) are comments.  In this sample file, these
    comments explain some of the settings.

    This error log file sends errors to the node bike.  Any errors are logged
    in the file /usr/tmp/err.  Log retries, soft errors, and tape errors are
    not logged.

    #Notice there is no space around the =.
    #Send errors to node bike.  Do not log retries, soft errors,
    #or tape errors.
    function=s
    node=bike
    #Log local errors to /usr/tmp/err.
    #Do not log retry, soft, and tape errors.
    name=/usr/tmp/err
    exclude=retry,soft,tape


  FILES

    /usr/adm/errlog          Default system error log file.

    /usr/adm/errord.rc       Error daemon configuration file.

    /usr/adm/errlog"date"    Old system error log file.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands:  errord(8)









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