Syslog - Severity

• Another integer value with a range from 0 to 7

• Indicates the severity / importance of a message (thus the name ;-)) - but some implementations do not properly support this

• The lower the number, the more important the message is deemed to be (e.g. 0 is “emergency” and 7 “debug”)

• This too is most often be used to filter incoming messages (e.g. Where to store, page users, ...)