From owner-freebsd-current Sun Apr 7 18: 7:59 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from verdi.nethelp.no (verdi.nethelp.no [158.36.41.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6EF3E37B41D for ; Sun, 7 Apr 2002 18:07:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 44342 invoked by uid 1001); 6 Apr 2002 06:39:51 +0000 (GMT) To: peter@wemm.org Cc: phk@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: patch: make syslog stop spamming any root it finds... From: sthaug@nethelp.no In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 05 Apr 2002 18:12:40 -0800" References: <20020406021240.5E197390B@overcee.wemm.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 1.05+ on Emacs 19.34.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 08:39:51 +0200 Message-ID: <44340.1018075191@verdi.nethelp.no> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > I have always hated the three lines in /etc/syslog.conf which spams > > > root with far too many and far too irrellevant syslog messages, in > > > some cases even with several copies of them. > > > > Amen to that. You got my vote. Usually when I set up a FreeBSD box, it's > > the first thing I turn off. I say commit it. > > Likewise, it's the first thing I turn off, as well as the *.emerg line > that broadcasts to all users. Same here. First things removed on a fresh FreeBSD install. Please commit. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message