Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 12:32:22 +0100 (CET) From: Trond Endrestol <trond@ramstind.gtf.ol.no> To: Mike <mikes@freebsdbox.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: error messages on console annoying Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911241221540.41089-100000@ramstind.gtf.ol.no> In-Reply-To: <199911230854.IAA08931@www.freebsdbox.com>
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On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Mike wrote: > hi all. > I am continually getting messages on my console whenever someone checks their > email. The error messages are this: > > Nov 22 20:15:53 www popper[8162]: @[2Cust85.tnt4.mia1.da.uu.net]: -ERR Too > few a > rguments for the auth command. > Nov 22 23:00:09 www popper[8298]: mike@[2Cust85.tnt4.mia1.da.uu.net]: -ERR > Unkno > wn command: "xsender". > > and I got this message today which was a first, so if anyone can enlightent me > to what it means and how to stop getting these messages from popper to broadcast on the console it would greatly be appreciated. > > thanks, > mike > > please send a copy of your reply to mike@sprawlnet.com May I suggest using vtyb as a syslog screen Insert the line *.* /dev/ttyvb into your /etc/syslog.conf file, execute MAKEDEV vty12 in the /dev direcory and restart syslogd. Now all log messages no matter what category or priority will appear on ALT+F12. Of course the screen is limited to 200 lines using Scroll Lock in combination with the PageUp, PageDown, and arrow keys. The limit of 200 lines can be changed by inserting the line options SC_HISTORY_SIZE=200 in your kernel configuration file. I believe the value should be a multiple of some other value, I don't remember right now, perhaps someone else knows more about this. But as already suggested, comment out the lines ending with /dev/console in the /etc/syslog.conf file. While you're editing the /etc/syslog.conf file you might want to comment out the lines ending with root. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Trond Endrestøl | trond@gtf.ol.no Merkantilvegen 59HB7, | trond@ramstind.gtf.ol.no N-2815 GJØVIK, NORWAY |+47 61139424 || +47 63874242 Patron of The Art of Computer Programming| FreeBSD 3.3 & Pine 4.10 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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