Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:24:22 -0400 From: Jeff Royle <lists@qwirky.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Stephen Allen <sdafreebsduk@rowyerboat.com> Subject: Re: /var/log/messages filling up with DHCPDISCOVER messages Message-ID: <470A3D96.3000904@qwirky.net> In-Reply-To: <47096FD7.4000309@rowyerboat.com> References: <47096FD7.4000309@rowyerboat.com>
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Stephen Allen wrote: > /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf is configured with > > "log-facility local7;" > > and /etc/syslog.conf is also configured with > > "local7.* /var/log/dhcpd.log" > > However, /var/log/messages is filling up with "DHCPDISCOVER / no free > leases" messages for those clients that are unknown to the DHCP server > (eg. on a different subnet). I suspect that these messages are being > caught by "*.notice" which is why they end up in /var/log/messages. > > Is there a way to prevent this happening? You could try filtering them out of syslog like so (in your syslogd.conf): "local7.!=notice /var/log/dhcpd.log" Which should log everything for local7 except notice. See man syslog.conf(5) Cheers, Jeff Royle lists dot qwirky dot net
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