Hi Alexander, On 2006-11-24T10:50, Alexander Farber wrote: > Then I've added a second "!" and moved those 2 lines to > the top of /etc/syslog.conf: > > !!pref > *.* /var/log/pref > > Now no messages at all are written into /var/log/messages :-/ > > Can anyone please give me a hint?
read man syslog.conf !!prog causes the subsequent block to abort evaluation when a message matches, ensuring that only a single set of actions is taken. !* can be used to ensure that any ensuing blocks are further evaluated (i.e. can- celling the effect of a !prog or !!prog). hth, Marcus.
