On Sun, Jan 18, 2026, 04:44 Fabian Thorns via lpi-examdev < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hello again, > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 9:34 AM Alessandro Selli via lpi-examdev < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 3) syslog (in any of its implementations) I'm not sure if it still makes >> sense to have: are there any major distros that install it by default and >> use it as the primary system log service? I do use it on my machines, but I >> have to install it myself. I do not expect basic users to do that. >> > > As far as I see, the distributions covered in Linux Essentials all use > journald by default, actually since a rather long time. Candidates > installing Linux today, will likely face journald and not syslog. If > someone uses syslog, it's either legacy (so they are in the field long > enough to go for LPIC-1, at least) or on purpose in a niche like special > distros or applications/devices that require syslog support (so they would > know what they are doing and will likely able to also answers some journald > questions). Since the main Linux Essentials candidate will likely not be > exposed to syslog unless we ask them to, I wouldn't include it in the exam. > Just to second this for Essentials... The only use of various '*syslog' solutions is to support proprietary logging, archiving or other L, SIEM related solutions that have, pardon my arrogant American English, piss poor journald/audispd support. They all need to 'get with the times' because text stream '*syslog' solutions cannot keep up with events, and are a massive hindrance. If they weren't, journald wouldn't exist. I don't know of any major distro of the 2020s that ships a minimal or even default (in many cases) with a '*syslog' solution, unless they are anti-'*ctl/*d' which won't fly in a regulated, SIEM environment. My very biased opinion, especially for Essentials. I leave it to others for the LPIC discussions, but I'd really like to see '*syslog' die for a reason. At most, knowing the remote logging port 514 could be an 'awareness' for essentials.
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