In Unix, what is syslogd? And what does it do?

A.
The system logging facility daemon – takes log entries and performs the action configured in the /etc/syslog.conf file.

B.
The network time protocol daemon – keep track of time synchronization between servers.

C.
The synchronization protocol server – syncs files.

D.
The system logging facility daemon – purges system log entries from the system log so that it doesn’t grow too large.