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NTP LoggingΒΆ
The NTP Logging configuration controls which type of events are logged by the
NTP daemon using syslog
, and the verboseness of the logs. By default, the
NTP daemon will log all synchronization messages.
The logging configuration is set using the logconfig
command from within
config-ntp
mode.
- logconfig sequence <seq> <action> <class> <type>:
- seq:
Specifies the sequence for log entries so that the order of parameters may be controlled by the configuration.
- action:
Specifies the action for this log entry, as one of:
- set:
Set the mask for the log entry. Typically this would be used for the first entry to control which message class+type is logged as the base set of log entries.
- add:
Add log entries matching this specification to the specified total set of logs.
- delete:
Do not log entries matching this specification in the total set of logs.
- class:
Specifies the message class, which can be one of:
- all:
All message classes
- clock:
Messages about local clock events and information.
- peer:
Messages about peers.
- sync:
Messages about the synchronization state.
- sys:
Messages about system events and status.
- type:
Specifies the type of messages to log for each class:
- all:
All types of messages.
- events:
Event messages.
- info:
Informational messages.
- statistics:
Statistical information.
- status:
Status changes.