Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 00:01:51 +0200 From: Cynic <cynic@mail.cz> To: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unwanted messages in console Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20010611235057.020bd498@mail.cz> In-Reply-To: <441yoqln91.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> References: <mail@max-info.net's message of "11 Jun 2001 16:26:33 %2B0200"> <5.1.0.14.2.20010611161142.02071c08@mail.cz> <001201c0f282$5e186060$3200000a@Intranet>
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Well, I'll probably just lower the level. I don't really need
to be alerted that I mounted /cdrom on another vty, I know it. :)
Especially when I'm the only one using the computer (it's not
even connected to the Internet).
At 23:28 11.6. 2001, Lowell Gilbert wrote the following:
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>mail@max-info.net (Ryan Masse) writes:
>
>> You need to comment out the following in the /etc/syslog.conf
>>
>> #*.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console
>> #*.err root
>> #*.notice;news.err root
>> #*.alert root
>> #*.emerg *
>>
>> save then send a -HUP to syslogd
>
>The usual advice, actually, is to not log in as root instead of
>getting rid of the notifications being sent to root...
>
>
>> > Hi there,
>> >
>> > stuff like [1)] appears in my consoles, and, being really
>> > uninterested in 99% of it, I'd like to get rid of them. What
>> > should I do? (BTW, it did it with the GENERIC kernel as well.)
>> >
>> > What happens is this: I'm logged on one console, doing something.
>> > Switch to another console, log in, and when I switch back, I
>> > have the login msg at the bottom of my screen.
>> >
>> > 1) Jun 11 11:17:47 freepuppy login: ROOT LOGIN (toor) ON ttyv2
>> >
>> > [root root]# uname -a
>> > FreeBSD freepuppy.local 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #2: Mon Jun 11
>> 13:02:42
>> > CEST 2001 toor@freepuppy.local:/usr/src/sys/compile/FREEPUPPY i386
>> >
>
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