How do I make activities appear in SYSLOG file?

SUSE Linux 11 and 10 SP3.

I am trying to capture some of my activities in SYSLOG file, var/log/messages.

To do this I created and dropped some test files and directories and users. But these activities are not captured in 'var/log/messages'. What should I do to make these activities appear in 'var/log/messages' file?



I see 'var/log/audit/audit.log' file in /etc/audit/auditd.conf.
Is 'var/log/audit/audit.log' file another SYSLOG file?

I don't see my activities in both /var/log/messages and /var/log/audit/audit.log files.

Thank you,