Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 13:19:28 -0800 From: Richard Krush <richard_k@gmx.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to disable console messages being printed on the console? Message-ID: <20001231131928.B4976@bsd.localnet> In-Reply-To: <20001231183256.A15303@xs4all.nl>; from rene@xs4all.nl on Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 06:32:56PM %2B0100 References: <20001231183256.A15303@xs4all.nl>
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On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 06:32:56PM +0100, rene@xs4all.nl wrote:
> hi :) Happy New Year, everyone ;-)
>
> Quick dumb question: How can I turn off printing of console messages on
> the console? I prefer to check /var/log/messages every once in a while...
>
You will need to edit the file called /etc/syslog.conf and replace every
"/dev/console" with "/var/log/messages". Then once you edited the file, you
will need to restart syslogd ('killall syslogd' should do it). I would
recommend reading the manpage(s) for syslogd and syslog.conf before doing
anything, though.
> Eventually I'll want something that automagically mails me the entries in
> /var/log/messages, but for now I just want printing them on the console
> screen turned off.
>
This can be done by editing /etc/syslog.conf as well. I'm not sure how to
do it (and I don't want to read the manpage for you), but IIRC it is
something like:
security.* |exec /usr/bin/mail yourlogin
Again, you should check the manpage for syslog.conf before doing it.
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