The default syslog.conf file configures a fairly standard setup of log files, which can be extended by means of extraConfig.
Declarations
Type
strings concatenated with "\n"Default
''
# "local1" is used for dhcpd messages.
local1.* -/var/log/dhcpd
mail.* -/var/log/mail
*.=warning;*.=err -/var/log/warn
*.crit /var/log/warn
*.*;mail.none;local1.none -/var/log/messages
''