Primary system wide event-logging is performed by syslog that logs
events in ASCII format on messages collected by the syslogd
daemon for the kernel, command, utility, and application programs.
syslogd logs messages to a local file or forwards messages to a remote
system, as specified in /etc/syslog.conf. At system installation
/etc/syslog.conf is created with the default event-logging configuration
with file names for event messages in ASCII format.