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rsyslogd vs auditd? Are they alternatives or complement each other?

I see that both auditd and rsyslogd services are running (on my OpenSuse Leap 15 box). A quick google didn't give a good answer. Are these services doing the same job? i.e. Could i get rid of one of ...
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Log messages containing a specific string to another file in rsyslogd

I want to save my log messages generated by iptables to another file via rsyslogd. Currently I use this code from /etc/rsyslog.d/20-custom.conf: # Log cron to cron.log and not to syslog *.*;cron,...
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MacOS - How to change syslogd's log level for a specific process/program?

I am new to MacOS and I would like to get a better of view of what's going on with a system process when my computer is starting up. I can see in the log that a process is changing settings, but the ...
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Redirecting output from syslog to own log

I'm following this tutorial: Using Fail2ban To Block Wrong ISPConfig Logins, but rsyslog won't redirect the output from a file to another: /etc/rsyslog.d/12-ispconfig.conf: if $programname == '...
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syslog facilities

I have an application (in java) running in a Windows PC and I want to send logging messages to a syslog server running in a Linux box somewhere in the network. The problem I have is, that it is not ...
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access windows log files from linux

I'm trying to remotely access windows log files from linux. So far I've found two different approaches. Install syslog server on windows machine and let windows send log files to linux, read those ...
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