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If you use Syslog or Rsyslog, and wouldn't mind contributing your error messages, we'd love to receive your log messages.

It's easy to configure your system. Choose the instructions from the options below. Review the commands to ensure you are happy with them and then run the commands below as root.

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rsyslog
echo '*.emerg,*.alert,*.crit,*.err  action(type="omfwd" target="syslog.readthefuckingmanual.net" port="514" protocol="udp")' > /etc/rsyslog.d/rtfm.net.conf
systemctl restart rsyslog

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