Not sure if this is a Redhat phenomenon or not but.... man klogd and then check /etc/sysconfig/syslog.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Zitanium B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 2:17 PM Subject: iptables Logs > Hi, > > First, I apologize for my poor english ! > > I've installed iptables 1.2.4 and, since, my screen is flooded with all > messages I've asked iptables to log. I don't understand why, as my > syslog.conf is configured to write all stuff in files : > > auth.* /var/log/auth.log > authpriv.* /var/log/authpriv.lo > cron.* /var/log/cron.log > daemon.* /var/log/daemon.log > kern.* /var/log/kern.log > lpr.* /var/log/lpr.log > mail.* /var/log/mail.log > mark.* /var/log/mark.log > news.* /var/log/news.log > security.* /var/log/security.lo > syslog.* /var/log/syslog.log > user.* /var/log/user.log > uucp.* /var/log/uucp.log > local0.* /var/log/local0.log > local1.* /var/log/local1.log > local2.* /var/log/local2.log > local3.* /var/log/local3.log > local4.* /var/log/local4.log > local5.* /var/log/local5.log > local6.* /var/log/local6.log > local7.* /var/log/local7.log > I agree in advance : this syslog.conf is not very cute, but I've tried to > find where each message goes to ! So , I find each message sent by ip_tables > in kern.log (right), but also on my console and I do NOT want that... > > Can anyone explain me why these messages are going to my screen ? > Thanks in advance. > Regards > Pierre >
