From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Oct 7 19:18:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA21621 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 19:18:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mercury.jorsm.com (jeff@mercury.jorsm.com [207.112.128.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA21615 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 19:18:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jeff@localhost) by mercury.jorsm.com (8.6.12/8.6.10) id VAA30195; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 21:21:48 -0500 Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 21:21:48 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jeff.Lynch-JORSM.Internet" To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" cc: Shawn Ramsey , isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: > > I suggest you look at /etc/syslog.conf for where these messages are directed. > > Danny > > On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > > anyone know if it is possible to disable, or redirect to a file, when > > someone logs into root, it displays it on the console, usually messing up > > whatever u are doing(such as editing a file, etc). ? If editing a file or viewing one with a pager (such as less or more) just refresh the screen (^L). The console messages are not entered into the file you are editing. I know this isn't the real answer to your question and it is annoying, but rather harmless nonetheless. ========================================================================= Jeffrey A. Lynch, President JORSM Internet email: jeff@jorsm.com Northwest Indiana's Full-Service Provider Voice: (219)322-2180 927 Sheffield Avenue, Dyer, IN 46311 Autoresponse: info@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com