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From: "Ryan Masse" <mail@max-info.net>
To: "Francisco Reyes" <fran@reyes.somos.net>
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Subject: Re: unwanted messages in console
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:18:21 -0400
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Everything commented below gets sent to /var/log/messages

*.notice;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err /var/log/messages

so you are not missing any key information when removing the below notices.

Ryan



> On 11 Jun 2001, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > > #*.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit         /dev/console
> > > #*.err                                          root
> > > #*.notice;news.err                              root
> > > #*.alert                                        root
> > > #*.emerg                                        *
> > >
> > > save then send a -HUP to syslogd
> >
> > The usual advice, actually, is to not log in as root instead of
> > getting rid of the notifications being sent to root...
>
> I think that message is most appropriate to people who use FreeBSD as
> servers on a production environment.
>
> There are so many things which require root which are fairly routine for a
> home desktop: updating ports, mounting devices such as CD or floppies,
> backups.
>
> I am aware there are ways to change some of those things so they can be
> done as a regular user, but most are not obvious for new users, or even
> for those who have never tried to do them.
>
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