Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:30:15 +0100 From: Xian <ml-freebsd-newbies@codepad.net> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do I suppress system messages? Message-ID: <200410141230.15848.ml-freebsd-newbies@codepad.net> In-Reply-To: <20041013191045.CC5F343D5E@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20041013191045.CC5F343D5E@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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Disabling syslog compleatly sounds like a very bad idea as the system logs can contain useful information. You could try commenting out any lines in /etc/syslog.conf that end in /dev/ console. I think you have to restart syslogd after changing /etc/syslog.conf. On Wednesday 13 October 2004 20:09, Kevin Glick wrote: > Lynette, > > System messages print out to the console on tty0 only, by default. If you > want to use the console, switch to tty1 or above. Do this by ALT+2(tty1), > ALT+3(tty2), etc. > When you're in Vi, and syslog prints across the screen, using CTRL+L will > re-draw the screen, and remove the syslog messages. > If you want to get rid of the messages altogether, look into disabling > syslogd, via /etc/rc.conf. (Man syslogd, or check /etc/defaults/rc.conf > for syslogd. > > Kevin Glick > ITS Manager > Sterling Business Forms > keving@sbfnet.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Lynette Tillner > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:21 AM > To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > Subject: how do I suppress system messages? > > This is something that drives me crazy but I've not been able to find a way > to stop it. > > When I log into my FreeBSD 4.6 Web Server as root, I get messages from > sendmail that I can't suppress with dmesg. They are a real pain because > they even come across the screen when I'm using VI to edit files and then I > can't figure out the line I was in the middle of editing, and end up doing > a > > :q! and starting over, very frustrating because we get tons of mail and it > > seems like I can't do anything as root because of these messages. > > Is there a command that will suppress the messages? I remember being able > to do that when I was working on an HP-UX system but haven't figured it out > under FreeBSD. > > Thanks for any help! > > Lynette > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- /Xian [call sign: 2E1IPS] [web site: www.codepad.net] [email: ian@codepad.net]
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