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• auth - security/authorization related
• authpriv - privilege related
• cron - cron job related
• daemon - servers/processes that aren't covered by a more specific facilitiy
• kern - kernel related
• lpr -
• mail - used for mail servers and other mail-processing tools
• mark - reserved for internal use
• news - server update/news related
• security - identical to auth, though auth is the preferred facility
• syslog - related to the system logging daemon
• user - user related
• uucp - printing related
• local0 through local7

Asterisk * is a wildcard for all facilities, while the . character can be used to select multiple facilities.