What do I need to do to stop syslog from sending messages to the virtual consoles?
I am operating in a new Debain testing (aka sarge?) system with a 2.4.18 stock kernel. It's non-graphical, so I'm using different virtual terminals (ctl-alt-F1, etc). Messages for syslog kept ending up on my terminals, making it hard to work. I noticed the default syslog.conf sends many messages to /dev/xconsole; I commented this out and did /etc/init.d/sysklogd restart. It didn't seem to have any effect. Apparently there is a kernel log and a system log. Perhaps the one I needed is not controlled by init.d scripts? If anyone could explain what was going on, I'd appreciate it. P.S. The log messages had two sources. Some where from my iptables firewall, which was logging with warning level. Others were notices of "alien" packets; I assume these came from my having set some network security features through /proc, but I'm less sure of their exact origin. The log messages themselves were appropriate; I just didn't want them in the middle of my terminal sessions. -- Ross Boylan wk: (415) 502-4031 530 Parnassus Avenue (Library) rm 115-4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept of Epidemiology and Biostatistics hm: (415) 550-1062 University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94143-0840 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]