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Date:      Mon, 18 Sep 2023 06:58:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org>
To:        "Dan Mahoney (Gushi)" <freebsd@gushi.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Quieting SSHd messages to the console
Message-ID:  <45682d31-f31b-748-dce8-d7b3886ed1a4@nber.org>
In-Reply-To: <ae1fe405-7cd0-66e4-8224-309d933d1c79@gushi.org>
References:  <ae1fe405-7cd0-66e4-8224-309d933d1c79@gushi.org>

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On Mon, 18 Sep 2023, Dan Mahoney (Gushi) wrote:

>
> Sometimes, like when doing an upgrade on my system, I want to use the 
> console.
>
> I want to get a message on the console when a user su's (auth.notice). That 
> seems pretty critical.
>
> I do not want to get logs on the console for every other ssh session that 
> fails to complete because the internet is full of bots.

Try opening an alternate console. On any pc-like system in text mode 
ALT-F2 will open a second console, without the console messages appearing 
on the screen. You will have to log in again. "exit" to return to the 
first console.

Daniel Feenberg
NBER



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