help: Configure syslog daemon end: if [ -n "$VAR(./global/facility/@@)" ]; then # remove the default config for global messages sudo sh -c "sed -i '/\*\.notice;local7\.\*[[:space:]]*-\/var\/log\/messages/d' /etc/syslog.conf" else # if not already there then write the default config for global messages if ! grep -q "\*\.notice;local7\.\*[[:space:]]*-/var/log/messages" /etc/syslog.conf; then sudo sh -c "echo \"*.notice;local7.* -/var/log/messages\" >> /etc/syslog.conf" fi fi sudo /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d sysklogd restart