LPI Exam Questions

Which statements are true regarding the following syslog.conf configuration directive?

Which statements are true regarding the following syslog.conf configuration directive?

*.err;kern.notice;auth.notice /dev/console

(Select THREE correct answers)

A.
Severity crit messages from all facilities will be directed to /dev/console

B.
Severity notice messages from the auth facility will be directed to /dev/console

C.
Severity notice messages from the kern facility will be directed to /dev/console

D.
Severity err messages from the mail facility will be directed /dev/console

E.
Severity notice messages from all facilities will be directed to /dev/console

Explanation:
A) would be correct ???

From the man pages:
The priority is one of the following keywords, in ascending order: debug, info, notice, warning, warn (same as warning), err, error (same as err), crit, alert, emerg, panic (same as emerg). The keywords warn, error and panic are deprecated and should not be used anymore. The priority defines the severity of the message.
The behavior of the original BSD syslogd is that all messages of the specified priority and higher are logged according to the given action.
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if the directive is *.err;kern.=notice;auth.=notice /dev/console BCD are the correct answers.