Syslog Severity Table

Value

Severity

Keyword

Description

Condition

0

Emergency

emerg

System is unusable

A panic condition.

1

Alert

alert

Action must be taken immediately

A condition that should be corrected immediately, such as a corrupted system database.

2

Critical

crit

Critical conditions

Hard device errors.

3

Error

err

Error conditions

 

4

Warning

warning

Warning conditions

 

5

Notice

notice

Normal but significant conditions

Conditions that are not error conditions, but that may require special handling.

6

Informational

info

Informational messages

 

7

Debug

debug

Debug-level messages

Messages that contain information normally of use only when debugging a program.