Am 10.12.2011 20:49, schrieb Andrew Z: > gys, > how can i send the /var/log/messages on a designated terminal? > i remember some many years ago i saw on of SAs having messages file to > 11 or 10 terminal from the moment machine booted. The gain - they just > switch to it instead of typing "tail ....". > > Hope makes sence and thank you in advance. > Andrew
rsyslogd can write to tty devices just like normal files (well, it requires special handling but that is done automatically). Just edit /etc/rsyslog.conf and add a line like this to the rules section: *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /dev/tty12 Regards, Florian Philipp
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