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[root@dhcp-232 ~]# ps afx | grep sys
1372 ? Ss 0:00 syslogd -m 0
1525 ? Ssl 0:00 dbus-daemon --system
2073 xvc0 S+ 0:00 \_ grep sys
[root@dhcp-232 ~]# lsof -p 1372
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME
syslogd 1372 root cwd DIR 253,0 4096 2 /
syslogd 1372 root rtd DIR 253,0 4096 2 /
syslogd 1372 root txt REG 253,0 38680 919081 /sbin/syslogd
syslogd 1372 root mem REG 253,0 130448 819503 /lib64/ld-2.5.so
syslogd 1372 root mem REG 253,0 1678480 819504 /lib64/libc-2.5.so
syslogd 1372 root mem REG 253,0 53880 819228 /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so
syslogd 1372 root 0u unix 0xffff88001f1dc680 4276 /dev/log
syslogd 1372 root 1w REG 253,0 141390 36189 /var/log/messages
syslogd 1372 root 2w REG 253,0 4166 36190 /var/log/secure
syslogd 1372 root 3w REG 253,0 2470 36191 /var/log/maillog
syslogd 1372 root 4w REG 253,0 3879 36249 /var/log/cron
syslogd 1372 root 5w REG 253,0 0 36192 /var/log/spooler
syslogd 1372 root 6w REG 253,0 0 36250 /var/log/boot.log
[root@dhcp-232 ~]# file /dev/log
/dev/log: socket
[root@dhcp-232 ~]#