CompTIA Linux+ Practice test question 5
Messages enter rsyslog with the help of input modules. Then, they are passed to ruleset, where rules are conditionally applied. When a rule matches, the message is transferred to a(n) ______ , which then does something to the message.
action
log
script
facility
The correct answer is at the very bottom of the page.
Explanation:
Messages enter rsyslog with the help of input modules. Then, they are passed to ruleset, where rules are conditionally applied. When a rule matches, the message is transferred to an action, which then does something to the message, i.e. write it to a file, a database or forward it to a remote host.
EXAM OBJECTIVE
Linux+ Exam Objective: Topic 101: System Architecture, Sub-Objective: 108.2 System logging
Correct Answer: action