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From: "Andy Farkas" <andyf@speednet.com.au>
>
> /etc/syslog.conf recently had `*.debug /var/log/debug/log' added.
>
> syslogd seems to be sending *.* to this file. Anyone else see this?
>

That's because debug is the lowest level of logging, so in effect, you _are_
logging *.*; syslog logs debug and up, in all facilities, to the file you
specified.

-Craig