SYSLOG(Print system messages to console and /var/logmessages)

To print system messages to both /var/log/messgaes and to console do the following

# vi /etc/syslog.conf

Add the following lines

kern.*                                                  /dev/console 

*.info;mail,authpriv,cron,kern.none                     /dev/console

save the file and restart the service

# /etc/init.d/syslogd restart