Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:42:25 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: =?Windows-1252?Q?Ari_Sigur=F0sson?= <bsd@hrappur.solver.is> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: messages on screen Message-ID: <22046.954420145@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:21:59 %2B0100." <010901bf9a3a$2a985430$05aa90c2@solver.is>
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:21:59 +0100, =?Windows-1252?Q?Ari_Sigur=F0sson?= wrote: > is there anyone who can tell me how to prevent > messages, like errors and warnings, to appear on > my screen in FreeBSD 3.4. I think some of those messages should > be only in /var/log/messages but they appear on > my screen as well! You can edit /etc/syslog.conf so that nothing goes to /dev/console. This is a bad idea. Rather use another vty. See the syslog.conf(5) manual page for details. Don't forget to send syslogd a HUP signal so that it rereads /etc/syslog.conf after you've edited it. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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