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Date:      Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:08:05 +0200
From:      Philipp Huber <philipp@alanis.mini.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: system messages to file instead of console - HOW?
Message-ID:  <20000410140805.A239@alanis.mini.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004101114120.28664-100000@l048-1.ringen.net>; from magnus@ringen.net on Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 11:15:42AM %2B0200
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004101114120.28664-100000@l048-1.ringen.net>

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On Mon, Apr 10, 2000 at 11:15:42AM +0200, Magnus Lundquist wrote:
> Hi -
> 
> I would love it if all messages were dumped in /var/log/messages
> rather than on my console.. anyway to do this?
> 
> /Magnus
> 

hi !

take a look at /etc/syslog.conf. i think the file is self-explaining, but i have an own logfile for things which usually appear on /dev/console, for me it's /var/log/misc

man syslog.conf

-- 
Philipp


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