Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:08:05 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Sam Carleton <scarleton@miltonstreet.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: logging to a different tty Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003161958370.50414-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <38D17D17.48B6807C@miltonstreet.com>
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Sam Carleton wrote to FreeBSD Questions: > I really like the fact that everything that goes to the /var/log/message > goes to the screen, but I am trying to get the ipfw working correctly > and I would like the messages to goto a tty that I am not logged into, > such as 9. I cut things back to only 6 tty's, so X runs on F7. How > would I go about having the logging goto 9 rather then the one that root > is logged into? > > Sam Firstly, if you haven't done so, read syslog.conf(5). What you want to do is certainly controlled by /etc/syslog.conf Messages output to the first vty are actually messages output to /dev/console. Unless you do something different like run syslogd as another user != root, you can simply replace /dev/console with something like /dev/ttyv8, for the 9th virtual terminal. If you want to disable the output of those log messages entirely (from the sound of your messages, I think that may be what you're after), set the device to /dev/null, but be prepared to miss a few important notices. Some messages are output to any terminal that root is logged into, and some log messages are output to everyone (i.e., critical errors, shutdown notices, etc.) You may want to modify those as well. Virtually yours, - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Systems Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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