From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 9 01:00:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA00161 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 9 Jan 1998 01:00:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from mrelay.jrc.it (mrelay.jrc.it [139.191.1.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id BAA00143 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 1998 01:00:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Dirk.vanGulik@jrc.it) Received: from elec.isei.jrc.it (elec.jrc.it) by mrelay.jrc.it (4.1/EB-950131-C) id AA03297; Fri, 9 Jan 98 10:02:06 +0100 Received: from elect6.jrc.it by elec.isei.jrc.it (4.1/EI-3.0m) id AA08925; Fri, 9 Jan 98 10:00:01 +0100 Posted-Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 09:59:12 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 09:59:12 +0100 (MET) From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik X-Sender: dirkx@elect6.jrc.it Reply-To: Dirk-Willem van Gulik To: Robert Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: STOP LOGGIN ON THE CONSOLE!! In-Reply-To: <34B545E1.66BD@internetmci.com> Message-Id: Reply-Path: Dirk.vanGulik@jrc.it Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Try man sylog.conf or edit the /etc/syslog.conf file and pay attention to the first line *.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console where you might want to edit something. Likewise the 'root' and '*' emerg entriees could also be edited... wether that is a good idea.... Dw. On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Robert wrote: > help > how do I get logging to stop on the console. > sendmail and fwtk keeps loggin and disturbing me... :) > is there any way to get it to JUST go in a log file?? > > thanks in advance > Robert > http://cils.ceo.org http://enrm.ceo.org dirkx@technologist.com Dirk.vanGulik@jrc.it +39 332 78 0014 +39 332 78 9549 fax +39 332 78 9185 ISEI/ESBA; The Center For Earth Observation Joint Research Centre of the European Communities, Ispra, Italy