Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:03:50 -0400 From: "Bob" <bob@a1poweruser.com> To: "Joe Ryan" <joeryan3@gmail.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: pop up message Message-ID: <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBOENOCBAA.bob@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <46355DE2.1020906@gmail.com>
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Using a different virtual root terminal is side stepping the question. The correct answer is to edit /etc/syslog.conf and change the error messages from going to /dev/console to go to /var/log/messages instead. Or in some circles the Unix purists would say you should not be using the "root" user id as your normal id. Root should be reserved for doing system install tasks and system administration tasks only. Create your self a user id to use as your normal id doing all your non-system tasks under. Then when you logon to root you will see only the pop up messages as a summary of things you as system admin needs to be alerted to. That's how "root" id its intended to be used. But by changing syslog.conf you can change this default behavior of the alerting messages being sent to root user id. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Joe Ryan Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 11:09 PM To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pop up message These messages are normal and are only visible on the first virtual terminal (alt+f1). Switch to another terminal using alt+f2 or alt+f3... and you won't see the messages. ChueKeung Mock wrote: > Hi, I had problem of pop up message during using the > terminal of freebsd. I installed Freebsd 6.1 on AMD > cup computer. there is pop up message during using > the terminal. the messages like > > "Apr 28 20:05:01 dhcppc1 login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON > ttyv0" > > "Apr 28 21:52:53 dhcppc1 last message repeated 5 > times" > > I feel these message annoying because it disturbs me > when I edit a doc using editor. please let me know > how to turn these message off. thank you > > tony > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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