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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