Re: XFree86 logging
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 03:00:07PM -0700, Chris Majewski wrote: Well, if you don't find a nicer solution, you could write a bit of C code to read the /var/log/X*.log file and copy it to one of the syslog facilities. See also the syslog manpage. That's not the problem. There are no X* files in /var/log/! MfG/Regards, Willi P.S.: No need to Cc or To me. I am subscribed to this list :) -- ...is a registered (#210445) user of:Debian 2.2r3 GNU/Linux icq# 49564994###AIM: wdyck###GnuPG-Key: 1024D/8BFCA69B Fingerprint: DAD2 E564 B725 E6A3 5A0F 1497 4411 F30F 8BFC A69B pgpn5LsltYOYX.pgp Description: PGP signature
XFree86 logging
Hi *, how to enable XFree86 4.0.2/syslogd to log msgs from XFree86? TIA MfG/Regards, Willi -- ...is a registered (#210445) user of:Debian 2.2r3 GNU/Linux icq# 49564994###AIM: wdyck###GnuPG-Key: 1024D/8BFCA69B Fingerprint: DAD2 E564 B725 E6A3 5A0F 1497 4411 F30F 8BFC A69B pgpJhev20qLaH.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: XFree86 logging
Well, if you don't find a nicer solution, you could write a bit of C code to read the /var/log/X*.log file and copy it to one of the syslog facilities. See also the syslog manpage. -chris Willi Dyck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi *, how to enable XFree86 4.0.2/syslogd to log msgs from XFree86? TIA MfG/Regards, Willi -- ...is a registered (#210445) user of:Debian 2.2r3 GNU/Linux icq# 49564994###AIM: wdyck###GnuPG-Key: 1024D/8BFCA69B Fingerprint: DAD2 E564 B725 E6A3 5A0F 1497 4411 F30F 8BFC A69B
What is rnews - why is it logging in my system?
I'm getting a strange log entry in my system, that happens every 14 minutes past the hour. I checked my chrontab and chron.d to make sure there's no unknown service running - but all I have is exim, postgresql, and logcheck and the standard daily, weekly, monthly scripts. Here's what a sample line looks like: Apr 11 07:14:01 garrison rnews: rejected connection What server? 'garrison' is the hostname of the machine. It's connected 24/7 to the net so it looks like someone is trying to make a news connection, but whoever is logging this activity (ippl?) isn't telling me where it's coming from so I can't block them. What's going on?
iptables logging?
Hi all, This is just something that's getting slightly annoying - iptables is refusing to log to /var/log/*. Runnning dmesg I can see all the iptables reports, so its logging to the kernel, just syslog is ignoring it (?). My /var/log/messages entry in /etc/syslog.conf is as follows: *.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\ auth,authpriv.none;\ cron,daemon.none;\ mail,news.none -/var/log/messages What do I need to add so syslog passes the iptables messages into the log? Many thanks for any help, Adam James -- The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of the world's luxuries, king by the grace of God over all the fruits of the earth. When one has tasted it, he knows what the angels eat. It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took; we know it because she repented. -- Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar
Re: iptables logging?
If you're tracking unstable, make sure you have the klogd package installed. It was recently split out from sysklogd, and since apt-get doesn't handle Recommends... On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 12:22:57AM +0100, Adam James wrote: Hi all, This is just something that's getting slightly annoying - iptables is refusing to log to /var/log/*. Runnning dmesg I can see all the iptables reports, so its logging to the kernel, just syslog is ignoring it (?). My /var/log/messages entry in /etc/syslog.conf is as follows: *.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\ auth,authpriv.none;\ cron,daemon.none;\ mail,news.none -/var/log/messages What do I need to add so syslog passes the iptables messages into the log? Many thanks for any help, Adam James pgpJeJaQ6JyMm.pgp Description: PGP signature
logging make config
I have a question about makeconfig on the kernel. I am a habitual logger, but I don't know how to log the build of a new kernel. What I really want is to get not only the stdout and stderr (which I get by redirection (21), but also the stdin, so I can get a recording of all the choices I make on the configuration. Is there a way I can get all of this in one file? Regards, Darryl Original Message Follows From: Felix Natter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: configure summary Date: 24 Mar 2001 15:37:33 +0100 Daniel de los Reyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I uncommented a line in a configure.in and now I get this error at some point of the configuration process: checking if large file support can be enabled no checking configure summary configure: error: summary failure. Aborting config make: *** [build-stamp] Error 1 What is a configure summary? try to look in config.log, maybe it's in there. -- Felix Natter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: logging make config
DR == Darryl RЖthering [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: DR I have a question about makeconfig on the kernel. I am a habitual DR logger, but I don't know how to log the build of a new kernel. What I DR really want is to get not only the stdout and stderr (which I get by DR redirection (21), but also the stdin, so I can get a recording of DR all the choices I make on the configuration. Is there a way I can get DR all of this in one file? use script. From man: SCRIPT(1)UNIX Reference Manual SCRIPT(1) NAME script - make typescript of terminal session SYNOPSIS script [-a] [file] DESCRIPTION Script makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal. It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file can be printed out lat- er with lpr(1). -- Ilya Martynov AGAVA Software Company, http://www.agava.com
Re: logging make config
Darryl Röthering [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a question about makeconfig on the kernel. I am a habitual logger, but I don't know how to log the build of a new kernel. What I really want is to get not only the stdout and stderr (which I get by redirection (21), but also the stdin You don't really want to redirect the stdin, because that would mean, 'make config' wouldn't wait for input from the terminal, but from what you've redirected it to. But, have a look at 'script' - it does what you want. , so I can get a recording of all the choices I make on the configuration. You know, that all the configuration choices are in the file .config in the kernel source tree? Then, you can also use something nicer like 'make menuconfig'. :) hth, moritz -- Moritz Schulte [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.chaosdorf.de/moritz/ Debian/GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org/ http://www.gnu.org/ GPG fingerprint = 3A14 3923 15BE FD57 FC06 B501 0841 2D7B 6F98 4199
qmail logging (and in which package is accustamp)
Having replaced exim with qmail yesterday, I'd like to deal with the loggin issues, since qmail's logging is quite verbose. I notice that it logs seemingly identical information to all of the: /var/log/syslog /var/log/mail.info /var/log/mail.log and it logs identical error messages to both: /var/log/mail.warn /var/log/mail.err I find this to be a bit excessive. A look at /etc/init.d/qmail shows three options of handling the logging, the default one being the one that produces all this stuff. What are you guys using to keep the mail logs sane? Also, one of the options offers to pipe the logging info through `accustamp' program. I cannot find in which package the program is. A google search reveals that it comes as part of `qmailanalog' package, but it seems that this one is not available as a deb or a deb-src package (correct me if I'm wrong). p.s. Why is the default configuration of a newly-installed qmail (from package) TOTALLY EMPTY? Not even a me file: qmail-send refuses to start without it. Also, anyone know why the auto-configuration scripts that come with qmail distribution are excluded from the package? They are referenced to all over the documentation... Thanks for any input, -- Arcady Genkin Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
Re: qmail logging (and in which package is accustamp)
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 08:35:44AM -0500, Arcady Genkin wrote: Having replaced exim with qmail yesterday, I'd like to deal with the loggin issues, since qmail's logging is quite verbose. I notice that it logs seemingly identical information to all of the: /var/log/syslog /var/log/mail.info /var/log/mail.log and it logs identical error messages to both: /var/log/mail.warn /var/log/mail.err You can fix this by editing /etc/syslog.conf to taste. See man syslog.conf. But read on ... I find this to be a bit excessive. A look at /etc/init.d/qmail shows three options of handling the logging, the default one being the one that produces all this stuff. What are you guys using to keep the mail logs sane? Don't use splogger at all ... use multilog. Multilog and friends are part of the daemontools suite; there's an installer pkg in unstable or it's easy enough to compile and install if you follow the directions found at http://cr.yp.to/ To get qmail all set up with multilog I like this page: http://www.flounder.net/qmail/qmail-howto.html Also, one of the options offers to pipe the logging info through `accustamp' program. I cannot find in which package the program is. A google search reveals that it comes as part of `qmailanalog' package, but it seems that this one is not available as a deb or a deb-src package (correct me if I'm wrong). accustamp is outdated. If you want tai timestamps you need to use tai64n which is in daemontools ... might as well use multilog if you install daemontools and avoid syslog altogether. p.s. Why is the default configuration of a newly-installed qmail (from package) TOTALLY EMPTY? Not even a me file: qmail-send refuses to start without it. Also, anyone know why the auto-configuration scripts that come with qmail distribution are excluded from the package? They are referenced to all over the documentation... I didn't have much luck with the qmail installer package so I compiled it myself and am quite happy with it. -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Inc. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton pgpDQYm1OkKLy.pgp Description: PGP signature
Logging FTP
Hello. Does anyone know if FTP-transfers/connections are logged? I tried to find any logging info in the syslog/daemon.log but it seems like it doesn't log anything. Also the documentation in /usr/doc/ftpd did not gave any hints either. Regards... Andreas PS: please CC any answers directly to me.
Re: Logging FTP
Does anyone know if FTP-transfers/connections are logged? I'll try to answer this. I tried to find any logging info in the syslog/daemon.log but it seems like it doesn't log anything. sure it does (kinda) the only it logs in the file /var/log/syslog: Dec 12 22:45:00 debian in.ftpd[4509]: connect from 127.0.0.1 It's not much but it does do it ;) That's all the really small and standard ftp (hardly even a) server does. If you want/need logging try installing something like: - wu-ftpd - proftpd - probably more You can do all sorts of things with any of those.
Off Topic Apache-logging question
If anyone is on an Apache list that this seems appropriate to please forward it there or reply to me with the list name, I do not know of one. In my Apache log files with Referrer and User-Agent turned on a significant proportion (around 25%) of the referer logs appear as -. Can anyone tell me what causes this? I need to know whether these are likely to follow the same pattern as completed references or if there is a particular reason that skews the data. They are easily the largest group of referers and misinterpreting them could cause us to make some very serious errors. Jeff Green
Re: Off Topic Apache-logging question
On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 11:38:43PM +, Jeff Green wrote:
If anyone is on an Apache list that this seems appropriate to please
forward it there or reply to me with the list name, I do not know of
one.
In my Apache log files with Referrer and User-Agent turned on a
significant proportion (around 25%) of the referer logs appear as -.
Can anyone tell me what causes this? I need to know whether these are
likely to follow the same pattern as completed references or if there is
a particular reason that skews the data. They are easily the largest
group of referers and misinterpreting them could cause us to make some
very serious errors.
It means the client didn't provide a 'Referer' header.
That could either be that they navigated directly (or from bookmarks) or
that their client doesn't feel like telling you that information (or that
they have something between them and you that strips it).
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Q: syslog-ng remote logging.
Greetings, sitting in my box, checking my logs... and trying to log from Host A to Host B with tcp i always get some strange error Messages when starting my syslog-ng with option -d: Error Creating AF_INET socket (Operation now in progress) The log are setup up as in the demo configuratuion in the doc dir. src on host B allows tcp from host A, host A has destinations woth tcp. Host A ist a woody, Host B a potato. Is this a bug or am i that stupid? Thanks in advance, ar -- [ampersand online agentur] [andreas rabus] [programmierung] theresienstraße 29 / IV 80333 münchen tel 0 89 - 28 67 72 - 27 fax 0 89 - 28 67 72 - 21 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ampersand.de
Re: Q: syslog-ng remote logging.
Andreas Rabus wrote: Greetings, sitting in my box, checking my logs... and trying to log from Host A to Host B with tcp i always get some strange error Messages when starting my syslog-ng with option -d: Error Creating AF_INET socket (Operation now in progress) The log are setup up as in the demo configuratuion in the doc dir. src on host B allows tcp from host A, host A has destinations woth tcp. Host A ist a woody, Host B a potato. Is this a bug or am i that stupid? Thanks in advance, ar -- [ampersand online agentur] [andreas rabus] [programmierung] theresienstraße 29 / IV 80333 münchen tel 0 89 - 28 67 72 - 27 fax 0 89 - 28 67 72 - 21 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ampersand.de -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null Find this in your /etc/init.d/sysklogd and make it similar on your receiving machine. # Options for start/restart the daemons~ # For remote UDP logging use SYSLOGD=-r~ #~ SYSLOGD=-r~ BTW, this is from a potato box. -- Mike Fedyk They that can give up essential liberty Information Systems to obtain a little temporary safety Match Mail Productions Inc. deserve neither liberty nor safety. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ben Franklin
Re: logging interaction between minicom and modem - solved
On Wed, 06 Sep 2000 18:11:13 PST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm, that's odd I tried to set up wvdial just now and it's saying that /dev/mouse is linked to ttyS0, and sure enough it does seem to could this be causing some of my problems? Is that something that's safe to manually unlink or is there probably some program that set that that I should have a chat with I know I have gpm running, is that likely to have done it? The odd thing is I don't even use a serial mouse, I use a bus mouse so it doesn't seem to make sense to have /dev/mouse pointing to a serial port does it? anyways, if this sets off any lights or rings any bells for anyone, please share :) -Alice yep, that was it. rm /dev/mouse and now chat's a happy camper (tried to send this email this weekend and got a message about debian- user's mailbox being full so my apologies if this shows up twice) -Alice Alice M. Pinard Casco Indemnity Company [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: logging interaction between minicom and modem - solved
On Wed, 06 Sep 2000 18:11:13 PST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm, that's odd I tried to set up wvdial just now and it's saying that /dev/mouse is linked to ttyS0, and sure enough it does seem to could this be causing some of my problems? Is that something that's safe to manually unlink or is there probably some program that set that that I should have a chat with I know I have gpm running, is that likely to have done it? The odd thing is I don't even use a serial mouse, I use a bus mouse so it doesn't seem to make sense to have /dev/mouse pointing to a serial port does it? anyways, if this sets off any lights or rings any bells for anyone, please share :) -Alice yep, that was it. rm /dev/mouse and now chat's a happy camper -Alice - This message sent using EMUmail -- http://www.emumail.com - Jumping through hoops to get E-mail on the road? You've got two choices: Join the circus, or use MollyMail. Molly Mail -- http://www.mollymail.com
Re: logging interaction between minicom and modem
On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 09:22:12AM -0400 or thereabouts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to log the interaction between minicom and modem similar to what chat sends to ppp.log and syslog? Ever since I upgraded to potato last weekend chat hasn't gotten along with my modem (external 57600 USR sportster) yeah ppp scripts are annoying. i use wvdial at home and it works with any distro (that i've tried). www.worldvisions.ca --- Who's watching the watchmen? ICQ: 15096825
Re: logging interaction between minicom and modem
Date sent: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 16:06:24 +0200 From: Harald Thingelstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: logging interaction between minicom and modem Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 15:22:12 you wrote: Is there a way to log the interaction between minicom and modem similar to what chat sends to ppp.log and syslog? Ever since I upgraded to potato last weekend chat hasn't gotten along with my modem (external 57600 USR sportster) when I look in ppp.log or syslog I see things about chat sending it a AT or ATZ and expecting an OK and instead getting an alarm. ... -Alice (yes, we have some potato we have some potato today...) I've had similar problems after updrading to potato. Used pppconfig both before and after, and my solution was to delete all the config files (/etc/ppp/peers/*, /etc/chatscripts/*, are there any more?), possibly purge and reinstall the necessary packages (memory is fading) and set up the connections from scratch again. Something seems to go wrong when using slink setup with potato pppconfig. And that's my two cents. Harald hmmm, tried moving the /etc/chatscripts and /etc/ppp directories to places the computer wouldn't look for them and removed and reinstalled ppp and pppconfig still not able to dial in with chat maybe I'll bite the bullet and load wvdial but I'd really like it if I could figure out what was up and go back to using a script, it's much more flexible... I'd say it was a modem issue except that the modem behaves just fine with anything but chat... Alice M. Pinard Casco Indemnity Company [EMAIL PROTECTED]
logging interaction between minicom and modem
Is there a way to log the interaction between minicom and modem similar to what chat sends to ppp.log and syslog? Ever since I upgraded to potato last weekend chat hasn't gotten along with my modem (external 57600 USR sportster) when I look in ppp.log or syslog I see things about chat sending it a AT or ATZ and expecting an OK and instead getting an alarm. if I use minicom I can dial in fine, and run pppd after quitting minicom without resetting the modem, but I'd rather not use this as a long-term solution, so I was wondering if there was some way I could see if minicom is sending different commands to the modem than chat is to see if I need to be using different commands (or it could be that minicom dials when one tells it to dial whether the modem sent an OK after initialization or not) other odd things the first couple of days after I upgraded I was able to connect using ppp-calling-chat if I removed the ppp package and re-added it this is odd and moreso because that hasn't worked other than those first two times I've tried removing the potato version of the ppp package and reinstalling the old version of ppp that I was using under slink but that doesn't seem to help (oh, my kernel is 2.2.9. Occasionally I've gotten complaints about my module dependency file being newer than my module configuration file during this whole process... at some point while in the 'try anything' stage I recompiled my kernel, and changed ppp from being in kernel to being a module it didn't seem to make any difference but one never knows what difference it might have made that I'm not seeing) please let me know if there's any other information I could provide that would shed light on this. Again, I'm hoping that if there's some way to see what minicom is telling the modem the same way I can with chat then maybe I can get chat to say those things instead. -Alice (yes, we have some potato we have some potato today...)
Re: logging interaction between minicom and modem
On Tue, 05 Sep 2000 15:22:12 you wrote: Is there a way to log the interaction between minicom and modem similar to what chat sends to ppp.log and syslog? Ever since I upgraded to potato last weekend chat hasn't gotten along with my modem (external 57600 USR sportster) when I look in ppp.log or syslog I see things about chat sending it a AT or ATZ and expecting an OK and instead getting an alarm. ... -Alice (yes, we have some potato we have some potato today...) I've had similar problems after upgrading to potato. Used pppconfig both before and after, and my solution was to delete all the config files (/etc/ppp/peers/*, /etc/chatscripts/*, are there any more?), possibly purge and reinstall the necessary packages (memory is failing) and set up the connections from scratch again. Something seems to go wrong when using slink setup with potato pppconfig. And that's my two cents. Harald
Re: logging interaction between minicom and modem
Harald writes: Something seems to go wrong when using slink setup with potato pppconfig. And that's my two cents. This is the first I've heard of this. Pleas file a bug against pppconfig detailing as muxh as you can reconstruct of what you did and what happened. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
Term colors / Logging on ttys ?
Montag, 28. August 2000 / 09:20 Uhr Hey everyone, instead of the typical gray color of my foreground I want to use a Matrix-green foreground... I know that I can do this with the setterm -foreground green-command, but may I enable this at boot time for all virtual ttys ? Besides I want to put my /var/log/messages- and /var/log/maillog-files in style of the tail -f-command on tty11 and tty12 - also enabled at boot time - is this possible as well ? Any help is welcome :-) ! -- Mit freundlichem Gruss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oliver Schoenknecht Join us at http://www.kapa.de KOSTENLOS! Online-Auktion bei KAPA! Teilnahme unter: http://www.flohmarkt.kapa.de
Re: Term colors / Logging on ttys ?
+ Oliver Schoenknecht [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Besides I want to put my /var/log/messages- and /var/log/maillog-files in style of the tail -f-command on tty11 and tty12 - also enabled at boot time - is this possible as well ? If you use potato you should have a look at /etc/syslog.conf. There is a commented part ( I like to have ...) which shows you an example like this: *.=debug/dev/tty10 Kai. -- + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/~bond/
more on syslogd remote logging
ok, i got syslogd working it is recieving log entries from my router, now im curious how i would redirect those to a dedicated file? i tried various things in /etc/syslog.conf and the log file is empty still. I'd like to redirect everything from 10.10.10.1 to /var/log/dsl.log sample log entries: Aug 2 15:26:25 10.10.10.1 000:23:31:30 ATMInfo Wan0 Up, 640 Kbps Down, 544 Kbps Up, 340 Baud^M Aug 2 15:26:25 10.10.10.1 000:23:31:30 ATMInfo Wan0 Up*, +11.3 dB TX Power, +18.7 dB Rem TX Power, 42 dB RX Gain, No Change Margin^M Aug 2 15:26:25 10.10.10.1 000:23:31:30 PPPInfo PPP Up Event on wan0-0^M Aug 2 15:26:25 10.10.10.1 000:23:31:30 ATMInfo Wan0 Up*, 23 dB Line Quality^M Aug 2 15:26:40 10.10.10.1 000:23:31:45 SERIAL Info Serial Connection Timeout^M Aug 2 15:28:05 10.10.10.1 000:23:33:10 PPPInfo PPP Down Event on wan0-0^M any ideas ?? thanks! nate ::: http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10:38pm up 16 days, 6:05, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Re: more on syslogd remote logging
On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 22:45:59 PDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ok, i got syslogd working it is recieving log entries from my router, now im curious how i would redirect those to a dedicated file? i tried various things in /etc/syslog.conf and the log file is empty still. I'd like to redirect everything from 10.10.10.1 to /var/log/dsl.log I *think* you´ll need another syslogd to be able to judge about the *source* of an entry, IIRC the normal one is only able to distinguish by type. Try the syslog-ng - package, might be just what you want. hth, rw
Re: more on syslogd remote logging
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 10:45:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote ok, i got syslogd working it is recieving log entries from my router, now im curious how i would redirect those to a dedicated file? i tried various things in /etc/syslog.conf and the log file is empty still. I'd like to redirect everything from 10.10.10.1 to /var/log/dsl.log sample log entries: Aug 2 15:26:25 10.10.10.1 000:23:31:30 ATMInfo Wan0 Up, 640 Kbps Down, 544 Kbps Up, 340 Baud^M Aug 2 15:26:25 10.10.10.1 000:23:31:30 ATMInfo Wan0 Up*, +11.3 dB TX Power, +18.7 dB Rem TX Power, 42 dB RX Gain, No Change Margin^M Aug 2 15:26:25 10.10.10.1 000:23:31:30 PPPInfo PPP Up Event on wan0-0^M Aug 2 15:26:25 10.10.10.1 000:23:31:30 ATMInfo Wan0 Up*, 23 dB Line Quality^M Aug 2 15:26:40 10.10.10.1 000:23:31:45 SERIAL Info Serial Connection Timeout^M Aug 2 15:28:05 10.10.10.1 000:23:33:10 PPPInfo PPP Down Event on wan0-0^M any ideas ?? Use /etc/syslog.conf to control where logging goes. This allows you to specify things by facility and priority. Your router should allow you specify the syslog facility used for messages, probably with a config statement like logging facility local3 if it's a Cisco (it's on the documentation CD which you should have). Edit /etc/syslog.conf to add a line like this: local3.* -/var/log/dsl.log If you want quick console access to the messages and aren't too fussed about other peopel seeing them, you can also use a line like local3.* /dev/tty12 to direct them to an unused vt as well. You may also want to add local3.none to some of the other lines, if they use a wildcard for the facility and you don't want those lines to catch messages from your router. Then run # /etc/init.d/sysklogd reload and tell your router to use syslog facility local3 (or whatever you chose). John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdt.net.au/~john Debian Linux admin support:technical services
Re: more on syslogd remote logging
On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 10:45:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: things in /etc/syslog.conf and the log file is empty still. I'd like to redirect everything from 10.10.10.1 to /var/log/dsl.log The standard syslog doesn't support that, although I don't know about others. If you need the separate logs you'll have to either find a syslogd replacement that does what you want or post-process based on the host field in the logfile(s). If you're processing the logs you may find it easier to create a catchall log that gets everything written to it and start from there. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ pgpHPSCg4ya92.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: more on syslogd remote logging
ok, i did see some stuff on it when using syslog-ng, i'll play around more with that tomorrow night -- thanks!! nate On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Mark Brown wrote: brooni On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 10:45:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: brooni brooni things in /etc/syslog.conf and the log file is empty still. I'd like to brooni redirect everything from 10.10.10.1 to /var/log/dsl.log brooni brooni The standard syslog doesn't support that, although I don't know about brooni others. If you need the separate logs you'll have to either find a brooni syslogd replacement that does what you want or post-process based on the brooni host field in the logfile(s). If you're processing the logs you may brooni find it easier to create a catchall log that gets everything written to brooni it and start from there. brooni brooni -- brooni Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) brooni http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ brooni EUFShttp://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ brooni ::: http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10:38pm up 16 days, 6:05, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Logging printer usage
Hello, Has anyone had to log printer usage? I am trying to locate a package that would be capable of such. All it needs to do is simply pass PS traffic from one nic to another, after asking the user to enter a job number or such. I have considered using a proxy package for this, but it seems to be overkill for such a simple task. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks Cory
Re: Logging
On Thu, May 25, 2000 at 08:34:30PM +0200, Tamas Nagy wrote: Could you recommend any good online documentation about the logging under Linux? What sort of logging in particular? While there are some standards for logging under Linux (such as the use of /var/log for system logs), and some logging is bundled through, say, sysklogd, logging of itself isn't a centralized system function. For general system logs, see general system documentation, including Unix and Linux references such as Nemeth et al, Frisch, and Welsh. For specific application logging, see application documentation, eg: apache, diald, etc. For security, refer to a security site describing what sorts of things you might want to look for. -- Karsten M. Self kmself@ix.netcom.com http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of Gestalt don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 pgpC2fwwI3KJE.pgp Description: PGP signature
IP firewall packet logging
Is IP firewall packet logging available in kernel 2.2.12?
Re: IP firewall packet logging
Yes, just add a -l to the end of your ipchains rule and it willbe logged in syslog.. Ron Rademaker On Fri, 26 May 2000, Jay Kelly wrote: Is IP firewall packet logging available in kernel 2.2.12? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Logging
Could you recommend any good online documentation about the logging under Linux? TIA, Tamas
reading/logging boot messages
Is there a way to view/log boot messages besides those generated by the kernel i.e. besides dmesg? I believe my modules are not loading correctly at boot. Thanks Kelly Corbin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: reading/logging boot messages
Is there a way to view/log boot messages besides those generated by the kernel i.e. besides dmesg? I believe my modules are not loading correctly at boot. Thanks look at /var/log/kern.log - at least on potato module output it there. -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- If Windows is the answer, I want the problems back!
Re: reading/logging boot messages
Quoting Kelly Corbin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Is there a way to view/log boot messages besides those generated by the kernel i.e. besides dmesg? I believe my modules are not loading correctly at boot. Thanks Shift-PageUp (and PageDown) Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
Re: reading/logging boot messages
Quoting Kelly Corbin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Is there a way to view/log boot messages besides those generated by the
kernel i.e. besides dmesg? I believe my modules are not loading
correctly at boot. Thanks
Shift-PageUp (and PageDown)
but note, that this works only, if the virtual console was not switched,
so if {x,k,w,g}dm is run, this will be impossible.
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Re: reading/logging boot messages
Kelly Corbin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to view/log boot messages besides those generated by the kernel i.e. besides dmesg? I believe my modules are not loading correctly at boot. Thanks Use Ctrl-S to pause the output and scroll up and down with Shift-PageUp and Shift-PageDown. Ctrl-Q will restart the output. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I stop my machine logging on to IP every 5 minutes?
Phillip Deackes wrote: OPEN: 62.136.66.48 - 192.168.1.10 UDP, port: 513 - 513 On consulting /etc/sevices I can see that port 513 is used for whod. I donßt know what whod is, but I´ve stopped this using the following commands in my /etc/isdn/device.ippp0 #At the end of the Start section #Output Firewall, dont allow connection to Port 137-139 and 513 with UDP #TCP is allowed. ipfwadm -O -p accept ipfwadm -O -a deny -P udp -S 0.0.0.0/0 137:139 ipfwadm -O -a deny -P udp -S 0.0.0.0/0 513 #in the Stop section #Delete Firewall Rules ipfwadm -O -f Depend on your kernel version you may use ipchains or then ipwadm/ipchains wrapper. Ipchains ist the newer method of kernel 2.2.x Good luck, Bernd
How do I stop my machine logging on to IP every 5 minutes?
I have recently changed to an Internet Provider where I do not have to pay telephone charges on a timed basis, so I decided to initiate dial on demand on my system since I have an ISDN line. Everything works very nicely except that my system logs onto the Internet every 5 minutes or so. I suspect Exim, but am not sure what to change to stop it. I collect mail manually using Fetchmail and have it passed on to Exim for distribution using .forward. Maybe the problem is not Exim. Any ideas? I am using Potato. Many thanks. -- Phillip Deackes Using Storm Linux 2000
Re: How do I stop my machine logging on to IP every 5 minutes?
Further to my previous post, I have discovered the cause of the connections, but do not know how to stop them. I set isdnctrl to give me a more verbose log and on doing dmesg | xless I could see the following immediately before every auto connection: OPEN: 62.136.66.48 - 192.168.1.10 UDP, port: 513 - 513 On consulting /etc/sevices I can see that port 513 is used for whod. OK. Progress, but what is whod and do I need it? I have looked at the docs and man page, but am none the wiser. I do not have a network - my machine is standalone apart from an ISDN connection to the Internet using an internal ISDN card. Thanks again. -- Phillip Deackes Using Storm Linux 2000
Re: How do I stop my machine logging on to IP every 5 minutes?
Phillip Deackes wrote: I have recently changed to an Internet Provider where I do not have to pay telephone charges on a timed basis, so I decided to initiate dial on demand on my system since I have an ISDN line. Everything works very nicely except that my system logs onto the Internet every 5 minutes or so. I suspect Exim, but am not sure what to change to stop it. I collect mail manually using Fetchmail and have it passed on to Exim for distribution using .forward. Maybe the problem is not Exim. Any ideas? I am using Potato. === Might look at pppupd if you have it installed. I saw a similar problem listed a day or so ago on this list, I had a similar problem with a dial-up connection about a year ago. John Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 19460173
Re: How do I stop my machine logging on to IP every 5 minutes?
Phillip Deackes said: Everything works very nicely except that my system logs onto the Internet every 5 minutes or so. I suspect Exim, but am not sure what to change to stop it. I collect mail manually using Fetchmail and have it passed on to Exim for distribution using .forward. Perhaps I've misunderstood you, but the normal operation of fetchmail is to pass retrieved messages on to an MTA (such as exim) listening on localhost:25. You don't have to use .forward for this - if you're using .forward to have exim pass messages back to itself, I would expect your mail to get caught in a loop. (Possibly infinite or possibly just redundant; I'm not sure whether exim is smart enough to detect that it's just forwarded a message to itself and not forward that message again.) If you're not running your own DNS, exim would then bring the link back up at each iteration in an attempt to look up the IP address of the machine it's forwarding to. (Assuming you're using the hostname instead of 'localhost'. My experience has been that exim ignores /etc/hosts and goes straight to DNS even if /etc/resolv.conf says to do otherwise.) -- Two words: Windows survives. - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin. - Matthew Alton Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P L++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- !V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv- b++ DI D G e* h+ r++ y+
boa logging
Is there a way to tell boa not to log local connections? I use boa dwww quite heavily to browse local documentation and access_log gets filled with this stuff. I'd still like to log external connections but it seems that it's both or nothing.
Logging out from serial login
Hi all, I've been setting up a ppp-over-null-modem connection for a friend's Palm, and its working great, except for one point. I've created a user called 'palm', with shell /etc/ppp/ppplogin which looks like this: #!/bin/sh mesg n stty -echo /usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/pppd nodetach passive local noauth crtscts 192.168.1.1:192.168.1.2 I start the connection from the Palm then run 'getty -L 57600 ttyS0. The Palm connects and everything works fine. When I disconnect from the Palm, getty ends as expected and pppd shuts down, but for some reason the 'palm' user doesn't release ttyS0. The permissions are still set to crw---1 palm dip4, 64 Apr 30 09:45 /dev/ttyS0 when it should be crw-rw1 root dialout4, 64 Apr 30 09:50 /dev/ttyS0 Also, fingering 'palm' says On since Sun Apr 30 09:45 (EST) on ttyS0 Why doesn't the user get logged out? Regards, Rob. pgpUOI8fT2Nw7.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Logging out from serial login
When I disconnect from the Palm, getty ends as expected and pppd shuts down, but for some reason the 'palm' user doesn't release ttyS0. The permissions are still set to you disconnect? i assume, that this means only disconnect, but not log out. if so, then you have no problem: this is intended behaviour (at least to some point). so it is theoretically possible to reconnect and continue the session after some time. however, this will possibly conflict with the getty ... as i don't have practical experience with that, all this could be perfect nonsense. *g* in short: log out before disconnecting. (press ctrl-d at the shell prompt) -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need.
Re: Logging out from serial login
you disconnect? i assume, that this means only disconnect, but not log out. if so, then you have no problem: this is intended behaviour (at least to some point). so it is theoretically possible to reconnect and continue the session after some time. however, this will possibly conflict with the getty ... I press disconnect on the Palm, which causes pppd on the Linux side to exit, followed by the ppplogin script (the login 'shell'). Obviously this script exiting isn't enough to actually log out. Regards, Rob. pgpm9f65Jgn8t.pgp Description: PGP signature
Interested in /etc/init.d/rc /etc/init.d/rcS logging?
Take a look at http://pusa.uv.es/~ulisses/debian Comments/suggestions wanted Thanks Ulisses Debian/GNU Linux: a dream come true - Computers are useless. They can only give answers.Pablo Picasso
Re: logging password changes
On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 04:50:09PM +, Jim Breton wrote: Running current potato and I have the following in /etc/pam.d/passwd: password required pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=6 difok=4 password required pam_unix.so use_authtok md5 This works well for logging password-changing failures and related messages. However when a password change is *successful,* nothing is sent to syslog. How can I set that up? I've been using http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/Linux-PAM-html/pam-6.html as a reference for the module arguments but it appears to be a bit stale. I tried adding the following line to the end of the stack: sessionrequiredpam_unix.so which did log password changes but it wrote too much crap to the logs because it sent a log entry as soon as I ran passwd as well as another one when passwd exited: Apr 3 12:39:06 atw PAM-warn[6608]: service: passwd [on terminal: unknown] Apr 3 12:39:06 atw PAM-warn[6608]: user: (uid=0) - test [remote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apr 3 12:39:16 atw PAM-warn[6608]: service: passwd [on terminal: unknown] Apr 3 12:39:16 atw PAM-warn[6608]: user: (uid=0) - test [remote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] leaving me with 4 mostly-useless lines in the logs. slink used to log successful password changes, I just am not totally familiar with PAM yet (getting there though). Install libpam-doc, which is more up-to-date and probably more complete than the above address. Adding session to the passwd pam.d file doesn't seem like the right solution. The PAM library itself should log when the authentication tokens are updated or changed. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Re: logging password changes
Package: libpam-modules Severity: important On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 08:35:13PM +, Jim Breton wrote: On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 01:31:34PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: Install libpam-doc, which is more up-to-date and probably more complete than the above address. Adding session to the passwd pam.d file doesn't seem like the right solution. The PAM library itself should log when the authentication tokens are updated or changed. OK I looked at the stuff in libpam-doc but it turns out to be the same date as the documents on the URL I mentioned. I did mess with this some more and I got it to work the way I want by substituting the pam_pwdb module: password required pam_cracklib.so retry=3 minlen=6 difok=4 password required pam_pwdb.so use_authtok md5 Is there any chance of making this the default (assuming I didn't just open up any gaping security holes)? I notice that pam_pwdb is part of a different package which may make this difficult. Or, maybe better syslog support can be added to the pam_unix module? The latter would be the better choice. PWDB is not used by default in Debian because of it's complexities, lack of conforming to standards, and generally because it is not very good. I've filed this as a bug against libpam-modules so that it can be fixed for potato before release. Thanks, Ben -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
more complete logging of the boot process?
Is there a way to get a more complete log of the text that scrolls by during the boot sequence? I'd like to catch some warnings/diagnostics that show up during that time, but dmesg and /var/log/messages have a very limited selection of that text... I'm thinking of something along the lines what RedHat has: http://www.redhat.com/knowledgebase/initscripts/ -- Maciej Kalisiak | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~mac [McQ] PGP-finger|www; (0x39AC36F5) 9F BB 9E 11 F0 1E 5D 20 0B 31 3D 37 47 D0 67 C7 GE/CS d- s++:+ a- C++(+++) ULAI++ P+++ L+++ E+++ W++ N- o? K? !w--- O- M- V-- PS PE+ Y+ PGP+ t+ 5 !X-- R+ tv-- b+ DI+ G+ e+++(*) h--- r+++ y?
Re: Logging out of X Windows
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Carl Fink wrote: On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 02:59:16PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: I am sorry for asking so many questions, but I am only fifteen, so I don't have any sort of large income to spend on books. No problem. That's what this list is for. On the other hand, a very quick ckeck of Deja or the mailing list archives would have answered this question. I was just wondering if I am logging out of X Windows correctly. When I am at the log-in screen, I am pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, and then Ctrl+Alt+Delete. This cleanly unmounts everything, but I was wondering if their was an easier way. Yes. But it depends on what you're running (in terms of window manager/environments). This always works: at an xterm prompt (or equivalent) su to root and type reboot or perhaps halt depending on what you're doing. If you use gdm, in /etc/gdm/gdm.conf you'd find SystemMenu entry; set it to 1 (SystemMenu=1), and you'd have a System menu on the gdm login panel. With the menu, you can reboot and shutdown the system right from the login panel. Oki
Sync sys clock and hc every 11 min: logging and controling?
How can I verify whether the hc (hardware clock) is being synchronize to the system clock every 11 min or so? Is the sync operation being logged somewhere? Is there any kernel flag that is being set in order to have this operation done automatically? What util can read such a flag and optionally change its state? In particular, does it being done, perhaps automatically, when I run ntpd?
Re: Sync sys clock and hc every 11 min: logging and controling?
as far as i know hwclock is not updated unless the system restarts, or you update it manually, and ntpdate does not update the hwclock, i have ntp update my clock every few hours and it has never updated the hwclock in over a year. not that it matters i could care less what my hwclock is set to, currently its like 3 hours off. nate On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Shaul Karl wrote: shaulk How can I verify whether the hc (hardware clock) is being synchronize to the shaulk system clock every 11 min or so? shaulk Is the sync operation being logged somewhere? Is there any kernel flag that shaulk is being set in order to have this operation done automatically? What util shaulk can read such a flag and optionally change its state? shaulk shaulk In particular, does it being done, perhaps automatically, when I run ntpd? shaulk shaulk shaulk -- shaulk Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null shaulk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By:http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMPhttp://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 12:39pm up 148 days, 40 min, 1 user, load average: 0.30, 0.39, 0.35
Re: Sync sys clock and hc every 11 min: logging and controling?
Hi aphro! On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, aphro wrote: as far as i know hwclock is not updated unless the system restarts, or you update it manually, and ntpdate does not update the hwclock, i have ntp The kernel does sync the RTC to the system clock every 11 minutes if you tell it to (ntpd does), at least in my system. Compile the kernel with Advanced RTC support (or something to that effect) so that you have /proc/rtc, and do some experiments setting the date, setting the rtc with hwclock and date cat /proc/rtc while running ntpd and you'll find if the thing is being updated or not. to, currently its like 3 hours off. Mine is within half a second to GPS UTC, thanks to very bad connectivity... Otherwise it would be a bit more accurate. Ntp rocks :-) -- One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie. -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh
Re: Logging out of X Windows
that works.. i suggest you do not use X if you need to exit out of it often though. you don't have to exit X to reboot(if thats what you want to do) if you are not logging into X windows as root, launch an x term (so you get a command prompt) then type: su enter the root password when prompted then type: shutdown -h now if you want to shutdown the *whole* system or.. shutdown -r now if you want to reboot, you can also use the command 'reboot' if you want to prevent X from bstarting when the machine boots up, you can delete the file /etc/rc2.d/S99xdm then you will boot into the text console, and you can use the 'startx' command to start 'X', without the display manager(xdm) nate On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Cameron Matheson wrote: mathes Hey, mathes mathes I am sorry for asking so many questions, but I am only fifteen, so I don't mathes have any sort of large income to spend on books. mathes mathes I was just wondering if I am logging out of X Windows correctly. When I am mathes at the log-in screen, I am pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, and then mathes Ctrl+Alt+Delete. This cleanly unmounts everything, but I was wondering if mathes their was an easier way. mathes mathes Thanks again, mathes mathes Cameron Matheson mathes mathes mathes -- mathes Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null mathes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By:http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMPhttp://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 4:51pm up 140 days, 4:49, 3 users, load average: 1.71, 1.60, 1.54
Logging out of X Windows
Hey, I am sorry for asking so many questions, but I am only fifteen, so I don't have any sort of large income to spend on books. I was just wondering if I am logging out of X Windows correctly. When I am at the log-in screen, I am pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, and then Ctrl+Alt+Delete. This cleanly unmounts everything, but I was wondering if their was an easier way. Thanks again, Cameron Matheson
Re: Logging out of X Windows
On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 02:59:16PM -0700, Cameron Matheson wrote: I am sorry for asking so many questions, but I am only fifteen, so I don't have any sort of large income to spend on books. No problem. That's what this list is for. On the other hand, a very quick ckeck of Deja or the mailing list archives would have answered this question. I was just wondering if I am logging out of X Windows correctly. When I am at the log-in screen, I am pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, and then Ctrl+Alt+Delete. This cleanly unmounts everything, but I was wondering if their was an easier way. Yes. But it depends on what you're running (in terms of window manager/environments). This always works: at an xterm prompt (or equivalent) su to root and type reboot or perhaps halt depending on what you're doing. You can use the sudo package to enable your ordinary user account to run those programs, too. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum http://dm.net
Re: Logging out of X Windows
On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Cameron Matheson wrote: Hey, I am sorry for asking so many questions, but I am only fifteen, so I don't have any sort of large income to spend on books. I was just wondering if I am logging out of X Windows correctly. When I am at the log-in screen, I am pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, and then Ctrl+Alt+Delete. This cleanly unmounts everything, but I was wondering if their was an easier way. Thanks again, Cameron Matheson -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null What are you using for your X, xdm or startx?? If you start X using startx just should shutdown your windowmanager. (Some windowmanagers like windowmaker or fvwm you can go to the menu (left or right mouse) select windowmanagers and go for exit or exit session. You're back on the shell. (You can also just press CTRL+ALT Fsomething betweenm 1 and 6 to go to another virtual terminal, in thayt case you should login as root there, that's what you gotta do too when using xdm.) You at the shell, you can do all lots of fun things there, but if you just wanna shut down the computer: shutdown -h now (halt will also do) For a reboot just do: reboot. Perhaps you can use this but I just read your question and I gave the answer to another question... so here another answer. So you're at the login prompt of X (xdm), personaly I don't like X to start immediately when I boot, you can prevent this from heppening by just renaming the xdm file in /etc/init.d/xdm to something else (renaming is done using mv). You can shut down xdm (read X) by executing (I think it will work best using a virtual terminal but I might be wrong) the start script of xdm with the argument stop. That 'll be: /etc/init.d/xdm stop That should work, if it doesn't find the pid on what xdm is running (using ps aux | grep xdm) and kill the damn thing. You might have to do that twice. Ron
Re: Logging out of X Windows
Ron Rademaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Cameron Matheson wrote: Hey, I am sorry for asking so many questions, but I am only fifteen, so I don't have any sort of large income to spend on books. I was just wondering if I am logging out of X Windows correctly. When I am at the log-in screen, I am pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, and then Ctrl+Alt+Delete. This cleanly unmounts everything, but I was wondering if their was an easier way. [snip] So you're at the login prompt of X (xdm), personaly I don't like X to start immediately when I boot, you can prevent this from heppening by just renaming the xdm file in /etc/init.d/xdm to something else (renaming is done using mv). [snip] It's your system and you can do whatever you want, but there's a better way (the Debian Way (TM)) for handling files in /etc/rc?.d and /etc/init.d man update-rc.d To do what you're suggesting, stop xdm from starting at boot, you'd simply do: update-rc.d -f remove xdm Gary
Re: /etc/securetty and login failure logging
Package: login Severity: important On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 04:06:27PM -0500, Salman Ahmed wrote: I commented out most lines from /etc/securetty so that root is only allowed to login from tty3. Now I see the following messages when root tries to login from any other terminals: Jan 3 15:46:55 phoenix login[25646]: FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM FOR root, Authentication failure Jan 3 15:47:13 phoenix login[25646]: FAILED LOGIN 2 FROM FOR root, Authentication failure Jan 3 15:47:37 phoenix login[195]: FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM FOR root, Authentication failure Jan 3 16:01:14 phoenix login[198]: FAILED LOGIN 1 FROM FOR root, Authentication failure But these messages (from /var/log/auth.log) don't indicate which terminal was used for the login attempt. Is there any way that information can also be logged in /var/log/auth.log ? Looks like a bug, I've sent it to the BTS. I should get around to fixing it soon. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Logging user's logging in
**Please CC all replies to me - I'm not currently subscribed** I would like to log via syslogd whenever a user logs in. How would I go about doing this? Furthermore, I might also want to JUST log when root logs in, or when someone's sus into root - how would I do this? Thanks in advance, Neil -- Neil Conway [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get my GnuPG key from http://24.112.188.210/mykey.asc
Re: Logging user's logging in
**Please CC all replies to me - I'm not currently subscribed** I would like to log via syslogd whenever a user logs in. How would I go about doing this? Furthermore, I might also want to JUST log when root logs in, or when someone's sus into root - how would I do this? I did not try to configure syslog myself but on my machine su root is reported on the xconsole. I hope this might help you do what you want.
Re: Logging user's logging in
On Sat, 25 Dec 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: **Please CC all replies to me - I'm not currently subscribed** Furthermore, I might also want to JUST log when root logs in, or when someone's sus into root - how would I do this? I believe this is a default in Debian. At least, my system logs these automatically, and I don't recall ever configuring it to. Dec 26 13:50:40 debian login[11524]: ROOT LOGIN on `tty4' Dec 26 13:52:11 debian su[17277]: + tty2 hypnos-root The first line shows a root login on tty4. The second line shows that on tty2, hypnos su'd to root.
logging ppp
syslog-ng in potato (which replaced syslog) uses /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf instead of /etc/syslog.conf. There is a sample conf file in usr/share/doc/syslog-ng, but when I tried the ppp /examples in this, they do not seem to work. Putting a local2 line in /etc/syslog.conf (which is now included in sysklogd) doesn't work anymore either. I'd like to be able to use plog, but don't know how to get ppp to write to /var/log/ppp.log under this new configuration. Can someone point me in the right direction. Bob -- Bob Nielsen, W6SWE (RN2)Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ DM42nhAMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] QRP-L #1985 http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
dselect logging
One may easily log an apt-get session, by starting a script beforehand, then using the --quiet option to apt-get to suppress the periodic progress reports on downloads. But when I try to operate dselect within a typescript situation, all the cursor control characters (ncurses or whatever), while they do great things on a video terminal, just garbage up the potentially printed typescript; also, there still are the unwanted progress reports. Am I missing some simple dselect option that would enable a nice log of all the configuration action that takes place during an install? And, the same question for console-apt (capt). Thanks, Keith
Re: logging within shell scripts
That appears to be EXACTLY what I'm looking for... Thanx much! On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 10:41:10AM +0200, Quant-X UNIX and Linux Support wrote: Not sure if I understood your question. Anyway, if you want to redirect a particular file in a shell you don't have to know where it's been directed to at a certain point. For example, you can do something like this: exec 1log 2log.err ... do something (everything going to stdin is been redired to file log and stderr to log.err) ... exec 1log.a 2log.a.err ... I hope this helps.
logging within shell scripts
This isn't really a Debian issue as such, but I thought that someone here might be able to point me in the right direction... Hope I'm not too far off base here :-) I've got a shell script that I want to have log it's actions on a selective basis (dependent upon run-time settings). I know it could re-exec itself with appropriate redirection, but I don't want to rely on commandline parameters or environment settings which might inadvertently be set. Is there any way for a shell script to determine where it's stdout/stderr is going, and to redirect it from this point on? Preferably something which works with a generic /bin/sh, rather than specific to bash, but I'll work with whatever I can get... Thanx!
Re: logging within shell scripts
On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 08:18:30PM -0500, Gregory T. Norris wrote: This isn't really a Debian issue as such, but I thought that someone here might be able to point me in the right direction... Hope I'm not too far off base here :-) I've got a shell script that I want to have log it's actions on a selective basis (dependent upon run-time settings). I know it could re-exec itself with appropriate redirection, but I don't want to rely on commandline parameters or environment settings which might inadvertently be set. Is there any way for a shell script to determine where it's stdout/stderr is going, and to redirect it from this point on? Preferably something which works with a generic /bin/sh, rather than specific to bash, but I'll work with whatever I can get... Thanx! Not sure if I understood your question. Anyway, if you want to redirect a particular file in a shell you don't have to know where it's been directed to at a certain point. For example, you can do something like this: exec 1log 2log.err ... do something (everything going to stdin is been redired to file log and stderr to log.err) ... exec 1log.a 2log.a.err ... I hope this helps. Dejan -- Dejan Muhamedagic UNIX and Linux Support Quant-X Service Ph: (+43) 4212 90555-0 Consulting Ges.m.b.H. Fax: (+43) 4212 90555-20 http://www.quant-x.comEmail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Logging in w/ session-specific passwd
Quoting Julian S. Taylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I log in to Sun using a prompt-response method. The server sends down a random number, I make an entry into a calculator and it gives me the password for that session. For this reason, I can't hook up using expect or chat. Using slackware and Caldera, I just log in using cu. Debian's configuration has me totally baffled. My usual trick with cu was to log in, start the ppp session on the remote and then paste in the command: ~+/usr/sbin/pppd defaultroute ... When I use cu on Debian I get the messagepppd permission denied. I can use wvdial to my ISP but I can't get into Sun now that I've switched to Debian. What am I doing wrong? I dug into a few very old personal howto files and found these hints which I've untidily extracted from the mgetty setup stuff. (I hope there's enough here.) Install minicom. As root, minicom -s and set up the correct serial port, say, /dev/ttyS1 if you have a serial mouse on COM1, speed etc. Save as dfl. Set up chap-secrets and/or pap-secrets files. Add userid to groups dip and dialout. Log in as userid and prepare an axecutable file ~/ppp with (I use chap): #! /bin/bash /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS1 115200 defaultroute auth +chap chap-interval 60 Run minicom and type ^a d and dial the correct number During/after the fanfare, press any letter. ( For callback to mgetty only: ( When the login prompt is given, type ( magic-userid return ( When the phone starts to ring, type ( ata return When the login prompt is given, type ^a q and confirm, then type ~/ppp return To hang up, type poff return. I guess you have to do some typing before your ^a q out of minicom, and change ~/ppp to suit. (A file is only necessary because you can't type all that within the few seconds available.) I guess that as the connect option in pppd can take any shell script, it ought to be possible to hack together a script with two chat commands and a dialogue in between them to ask you for the password. The first chat would 'say' the number, the second would have your response conveyed to it either by shell substitution into the script or through a nonce file. I'd have a go, but I've really only got time to send this message. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
Re: Logging in w/ session-specific passwd
On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 02:17:06PM +, Julian S. Taylor wrote: | ~+/usr/sbin/pppd defaultroute ... | | When I use cu on Debian I get the messagepppd permission denied. I can | use wvdial to my ISP but I can't get into Sun now that I've switched to | Debian. What am I doing wrong? It may be you need to add the group dialout. By default regular users don't have permission to use pppd. -- Eric G. Miller Powered by the POTATO (http://www.debian.org)!
Re: Logging in w/ session-specific passwd
On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 04:55:12PM -0700, Eric G . Miller wrote: On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 02:17:06PM +, Julian S. Taylor wrote: | ~+/usr/sbin/pppd defaultroute ... | | When I use cu on Debian I get the messagepppd permission denied. I can | use wvdial to my ISP but I can't get into Sun now that I've switched to | Debian. What am I doing wrong? It may be you need to add the group dialout. By default regular users don't have permission to use pppd. IIRC the group is already there and named 'dip'. just run a adduser your_name dip -- Weaselhttp://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/~ppalfrad/ PGP encrypted messages prefered. See my site for my PGP key. -- The software said Windows95 or better, so I got Linux... pgptuBzcKLL2X.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Logging in w/ session-specific passwd
| When I use cu on Debian I get the messagepppd permission denied. I can | use wvdial to my ISP but I can't get into Sun now that I've switched to | Debian. What am I doing wrong? It may be you need to add the group dialout. By default regular users don't have permission to use pppd. IIRC the group is already there and named 'dip'. just run a adduser your_name dip I'm running this as root. Julian
Logging in w/ session-specific passwd
Salutations, I log in to Sun using a prompt-response method. The server sends down a random number, I make an entry into a calculator and it gives me the password for that session. For this reason, I can't hook up using expect or chat. Using slackware and Caldera, I just log in using cu. Debian's configuration has me totally baffled. My usual trick with cu was to log in, start the ppp session on the remote and then paste in the command: ~+/usr/sbin/pppd defaultroute ... When I use cu on Debian I get the messagepppd permission denied. I can use wvdial to my ISP but I can't get into Sun now that I've switched to Debian. What am I doing wrong? thanks, Julian
Re: ProFTPd feature kept me from logging in
bruce == bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: bruce I'd suggest it prompt for the login and password and then bruce dump you with a message as soon as you succeed in logging in. I've asked the proftpd authors to do tihs. netgod * Asterix commits heinous errors of grammar just to see if his teacher notices * Asterix is rapidly turning into the Bastard CompSci Student From Hell
ProFTPd feature kept me from logging in
It turns out that ProFTPd would not log me in because my login shell was not listed in /etc/shells . It didn't do anything to _tell_ me that. I'd suggest it prompt for the login and password and then dump you with a message as soon as you succeed in logging in. Thanks Bruce
Re: ProFTPd feature kept me from logging in
On 31 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : It turns out that ProFTPd would not log me in because my login shell was : not listed in /etc/shells . It didn't do anything to _tell_ me that. I'd : suggest it prompt for the login and password and then dump you with a message : as soon as you succeed in logging in. That's a feature of every ftpd I've ever used in Unix - if the user's shell isn't listed in /etc/shells, they don't ftp. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
Re: logging 'su'
Is there any way to log with syslog all attepts (good bad) to user 'su' ? If you can, it would be in the manual page, right. man syslog.conf. Actually, in this case it's not in any manpage. There was a behjavior change at the hamm/slink transition- hamm su would log to syslog, slink su would not. I researched this, and discoverd that the issue is some compile-time definitions that the newer su.c files need in order to activate syslog activity. The makefile doens't enable them, so su doesn't do syslog logging. There are some bugs filed against this, but I am not sure what their status is. I have some steps below to fix su. Use caution in following the steps below. Don't blame me if you break something, and be ready to log in on the console in case you break su. T y p e s l o w l y . Here is what I did to fix su: 1) download the appropriate version of the source code for the shellutils package. You need the .orog.tar.gz , the .diff.gz, and the .dsc from the debian server. 2) put these three files in some dir under /usr/src, and cd there. Then run # dpkg-source -x shellutils_VER.dsc This will unpack the tar file and patch it. 2) cd to shellutils-VER and run ./configure cd to src and open su.c in an editor. Add the following three lines at the very top, before the comment: #define SYSLOG_SUCCESS 1 #define SYSLOG_FAILURE 1 #define SYSLOG_NON_ROOT 1 they need to be flush with the left margin. 3) # cd .. # cd lib # make all # cd .. # cd intl # make all # cd .. # cd src # make su # chmod 4755 su # test su until you are happy with it # mv /bin/su /bin/su.debian # chmod 700 /bin/su.debian # cp su /bin # ensure /bin/su still works I suppose you could run debian/rules binary from the top of the source tree to generate a debian package, and then iat, if you don't like to run make by hand. However, this will also remake all the other shellutils, so the compile time will be longer carl
Re: logging 'su'
Is there any way to log with syslog all attepts (good bad) to user 'su' ? If you can, it would be in the manual page, right. man syslog.conf. Actually, in this case it's not in any manpage. There was a behjavior change at the hamm/slink transition- hamm su would log to syslog, slink su would not. I researched this, and discoverd that the issue is some compile-time definitions that the newer su.c files need in order to activate syslog activity. The makefile doens't enable them, so su doesn't do syslog logging. There are some bugs filed against this, but I am not sure what their status is. I have some steps below to fix su. Use caution in following the steps below. Don't blame me if you break something, and be ready to log in on the console in case you break su. T y p e s l o w l y . Here is what I did to fix su: 1) download the appropriate version of the source code for the shellutils package. You need the .orog.tar.gz , the .diff.gz, and the .dsc from the debian server. 2) put these three files in some dir under /usr/src, and cd there. Then run # dpkg-source -x shellutils_VER.dsc This will unpack the tar file and patch it. 2) cd to shellutils-VER and run ./configure cd to src and open su.c in an editor. Add the following three lines at the very top, before the comment: #define SYSLOG_SUCCESS 1 #define SYSLOG_FAILURE 1 #define SYSLOG_NON_ROOT 1 they need to be flush with the left margin. 3) # cd .. # cd lib # make all # cd .. # cd intl # make all # cd .. # cd src # make su # chmod 4755 su # test su until you are happy with it # mv /bin/su /bin/su.debian # chmod 700 /bin/su.debian # cp su /bin # ensure /bin/su still works I suppose you could run debian/rules binary from the top of the source tree to generate a debian package, and then iat, if you don't like to run make by hand. However, this will also remake all the other shellutils, so the compile time will be longer carl
logging uf su usage
hello list, does the default syslog.conf log all usage of the su command ? if so may i knoe where ? ive been reading the syslod.conf man page but im not sure whether i understood everything. and if it doesnt, may i knoe how do i tell syslog to log all usage of the su commang ? TIA, chad
Re: logging uf su usage
I noticed this problem a while back. There is (was at the time) a bug against su because, somehow, the compile-time flag needed to enable this logging had been removed. I noticed this change when I upgraded from hamm to slink. My solution was to recompile su. It is in the shellutils package; you can just recompile su and copy it over, instead of recompiling everything, or otherwise you can make a new deb package and install it. Unfortunately, su is too sensitive a file for me to distribute my recompiled version. Carl
Re: logging uf su usage
does the default syslog.conf log all usage of the su command ? if so may i knoe where ? There is logging of su in /var/log/auth.log Andrew --- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod.com/AnSIv --Little things for Linux.
Re: logging uf su usage
ive downloaded the source and unpacked them already, almost ready to recompile. may i know how/where do I add this removed compile time flag thats needed to enable this logging ? chad There is (was at the time) a bug against su because, somehow, the compile-time flag needed to enable this logging had been removed. I noticed this change when I upgraded from hamm to slink.
Re: logging uf su usage
From message [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ive downloaded the source and unpacked them already, almost ready to recompile. may i know how/where do I add this removed compile time flag thats needed to enable this logging ? chad from su.c: /* su for GNU. Run a shell with substitute user and group IDs. Copyright (C) 92, 93, 94, 95, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc. etc Compile-time options: -DSYSLOG_SUCCESS Log successful su's (by default, to root) with syslog. -DSYSLOG_FAILURE Log failed su's (by default, to root) with syslog. -DSYSLOG_NON_ROOTLog all su's, not just those to root (UID 0). Never logs attempted su's to nonexistent accounts. */ After you run ./configre from the shellutils-1... directory, cd to src and edit the makefile there. Go to the sule to make su (it starts with su: ) and edit the command below to add whatever flags you want. ie gcc blah blah becomes gcc -DSTUFF blah blah then run 'make su' in the src directory. then tune 'strip su' then cp the su program somewhere, and chmod it to 4555 Carl
Re: Getting ICQ to open and close when logging on to IP
put a kill or a terminate command in /etc/ppp/ip-down? On Sun, 9 May 1999, Phillip Deackes wrote: I use icqnix ans can easily get it to start up when logging on to my IP. I do not know how to get it to close when I log off however. Can anyone help, please? -- Phillip Deackes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Linux v.2.1 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null When you are having a bad day, and it seems like everybody is trying to tick you off, remember that it takes 42 muscles to produce a frown, but only 4 muscles to work the trigger of a good sniper rifle. Who is John galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
Re[2]: Getting ICQ to open and close when logging on to IP
John Galt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: put a kill or a terminate command in /etc/ppp/ip-down? Thanks, John. This is what I tried to do, but kill needs a pid. If I try 'kill icqnix' nothing happens apart from the system telling me that there is no such pid. How to I make it so that icqnix will always terminate when I log off whithout having to find out what pid it is using before I can kill it. If I do that I might as well close it myself. 'terminate' does not exist on my system, according to locate. Cheers. -- Phillip Deackes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Linux v.2.1
Re: Re[2]: Getting ICQ to open and close when logging on to IP
Try killall instead of kill. On Mon, 10 May 1999, Phillip Deackes wrote: John Galt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: put a kill or a terminate command in /etc/ppp/ip-down? Thanks, John. This is what I tried to do, but kill needs a pid. If I try 'kill icqnix' nothing happens apart from the system telling me that there is no such pid. How to I make it so that icqnix will always terminate when I log off whithout having to find out what pid it is using before I can kill it. If I do that I might as well close it myself. 'terminate' does not exist on my system, according to locate. Cheers. -- Phillip Deackes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Linux v.2.1 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Corey Ralph Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Technical Manager Phone: (03) 5133 0115 Network Technology Fax:(03) 5133 0805
Getting ICQ to open and close when logging on to IP
I use icqnix ans can easily get it to start up when logging on to my IP. I do not know how to get it to close when I log off however. Can anyone help, please? -- Phillip Deackes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian Linux v.2.1
CGIWRAP logging problems
Hi there. I'm using the cgiwrap package from stable, and am having some problems. I hope that someone whose used this package can give me a hand with it. Basically I installed the package, and then, as user alan created the directory /home/alan/public_html/cgi-bin In there I stuck a simple 'hello world' perl script (test.cgi), and then attempted to run the script from http://blah.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/alan/test.cgi The output I get gives me: CGIWrap encountered a system error: When: Could not open log file for appending! Error Message: No such file or directory Error Number: 2 [...] I'm wondering if anyone knows exactly where this trys to log (the README.debian indicates it logs to syslog, but even setting syslogs perms to 666 didn't do anything. The homepage and docs don't cover this area very well unfortunately :( TIA alan
Logging htaccess protected accesses.
Does anyone know how to log which user logs into an .htaccess protected directory?
Re: Gnome install using apt - error logging in
but when I do an apt-get update the update does fine with the debian site, but it gives me an error on the gnome sight. The error is: Error: ftp://ftp.gnome.org dists/released/ Packages process_uri_pair: couldn't log in The ftp.gnome.org site is VERY busy, try one of the mirrors you see when logging in with netscape or an ftp client. Sarel Botha
Gnome install using apt - error logging in
I'm trying to install Gnome using the instructions at http://www.gnome.org/start/getting_debian.shtml They say to add a line to /etc/apt/sources.list (which I've done); it now looks like: deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/debian dists/released/ but when I do an apt-get update the update does fine with the debian site, but it gives me an error on the gnome sight. The error is: Error: ftp://ftp.gnome.org dists/released/ Packages process_uri_pair: couldn't log in Does anyone know of a fix for this? Thanks!
Re: boot messages/logging
Hi tony, you wrote on: 24 Jan 99 at 22:05 (received 25.01.99) about : _boot messages/logging_ I'm at a loss to find the way to get all the boot messages logged to a file. Is there a recommended procedure or configuration file change that I can make? After boot, just type dmesg | less to review all boot-messages. Use less to save them to a file (or just dmesg file) Kind regards Frederick
boot messages/logging
I'm at a loss to find the way to get all the boot messages logged to a file. Is there a recommended procedure or configuration file change that I can make? thanks, -- tony mollica [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: boot messages/logging
Hi Tony, I'm at a loss to find the way to get all the boot messages logged to a file. Is there a recommended procedure or configuration file change that I can make? dmesg displays boot messages. It is usually run at system startup and it's output redirected to /var/log/boot.msg or a similar file. If not, run dmesg /var/log/boot.msg inside some init script. HTH, Tino.
Re: Logging bootup sequence
On Wed, 2 Dec 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a new Debian user, I'd kind of like to see what Linux is doing when it boots up. Is there a way to log the boot up sequence (before the syslog takes over) so I can peruse it? Unforunately, the Pause key doesn't seem to work... I'm booting from a floppy if that matters.. Thanks, Jay Try using the scroll lock to stop the flow of the output. That works on my machine. Paul Miller Talons - President The Spirit of UNT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Logging bootup sequence
As a new Debian user, I'd kind of like to see what Linux is doing when it boots up. Is there a way to log the boot up sequence (before the syslog takes over) so I can peruse it? Unforunately, the Pause key doesn't seem to work... I'm booting from a floppy if that matters.. Thanks, Jay
