gentoo-overlay/app-admin/rsyslog/files/7-stable/rsyslog-gentoo.conf

#################
#### MODULES ####
#################

$ModLoad imuxsock # provides support for local system logging
$ModLoad imklog   # provides kernel logging support
#$ModLoad immark  # provides --MARK-- message capability

# provides UDP syslog reception
#$ModLoad imudp
#$UDPServerRun 514

# provides TCP syslog reception
#$ModLoad imtcp
#$InputTCPServerRun 514


###########################
#### GLOBAL DIRECTIVES ####
###########################

# Use traditional timestamp format.
# To enable high precision timestamps, comment out the following line.
$ActionFileDefaultTemplate RSYSLOG_TraditionalFileFormat

# Set the default permissions for all log files.
$FileOwner root
$FileGroup adm
$FileCreateMode 0640
$DirCreateMode 0755
$Umask 0022

# Where to place spool and state files
$WorkDirectory /var/spool/rsyslog

# Check config syntax on startup and abort if unclean (default off)
#$AbortOnUncleanConfig on

# Reduce repeating messages (default off)
#$RepeatedMsgReduction on

# Include all config files in /etc/rsyslog.d/
$IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf


###############
#### RULES ####
###############

# First some standard log files.  Log by facility.
auth,authpriv.*				/var/log/auth.log
*.*;auth,authpriv.none		-/var/log/syslog
#cron.*						/var/log/cron.log
daemon.*					-/var/log/daemon.log
kern.*						-/var/log/kern.log
lpr.*						-/var/log/lpr.log
mail.*						-/var/log/mail.log
user.*						-/var/log/user.log

# Logging for the mail system.  Split it up so that
# it is easy to write scripts to parse these files.
mail.info			-/var/log/mail.info
mail.warn			-/var/log/mail.warn
mail.err			/var/log/mail.err

# Logging for INN news system.
news.crit			/var/log/news/news.crit
news.err			/var/log/news/news.err
news.notice			-/var/log/news/news.notice

# Some "catch-all" log files.
*.=debug;\
	auth,authpriv.none;\
	news.none;mail.none	-/var/log/debug
*.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\
	auth,authpriv.none;\
	cron,daemon.none;\
	mail,news.none		-/var/log/messages

# Emergencies are sent to everybody logged in.
*.emerg				:omusrmsg:*

# I like to have messages displayed on the console, but only on a virtual
# console I usually leave idle.
#daemon,mail.*;\
#	news.=crit;news.=err;news.=notice;\
#	*.=debug;*.=info;\
#	*.=notice;*.=warn	/dev/tty8

# The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the `xconsole' utility.  To use it,
# you must invoke `xconsole' with the `-file' option:
#
#    $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...]
#
# NOTE: adjust the list below, or you'll go crazy if you have a reasonably
#      busy site..
#daemon.*;mail.*;\
#	news.err;\
#	*.=debug;*.=info;\
#	*.=notice;*.=warn	|/dev/xconsole