Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 12:55:09 -0400 From: George Georgalis <george@galis.org> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: peter@wemm.org, phk@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: patch: make syslog stop spamming any root it finds... Message-ID: <20020408125509.I3925@trot.haven.dom> In-Reply-To: <44340.1018075191@verdi.nethelp.no>; from sthaug@nethelp.no on Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 08:39:51AM %2B0200 References: <20020406021240.5E197390B@overcee.wemm.org> <44340.1018075191@verdi.nethelp.no>
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On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 08:39:51AM +0200, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: >> > > I have always hated the three lines in /etc/syslog.conf which spams >> > > root with far too many and far too irrellevant syslog messages, in >> > > some cases even with several copies of them. >> > >> > Amen to that. You got my vote. Usually when I set up a FreeBSD box, it's >> > the first thing I turn off. I say commit it. >> >> Likewise, it's the first thing I turn off, as well as the *.emerg line >> that broadcasts to all users. > >Same here. First things removed on a fresh FreeBSD install. Please >commit. > Not only the first thing I do with a new FreeBSD box, the first thing I did on FreeBSD: remove those 3 lines from syslog.conf that tell you how many people are poping their mail etc. // George -- GEORGE GEORGALIS, System Admin/Architect cell: 347-451-8229 Security Services, Web, Mail, mailto:george@galis.org File, Print, DB and DNS Servers. http://www.galis.org/george To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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