Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:37:48 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@ppp-208-188-200-129.dialup.kscymo.swbell.net> To: Wayne.Vinson@Colorado.EDU (VINSON WAYNE HOWARD) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System messages Message-ID: <200002122237.QAA14898@ppp-208-188-200-129.dialup.kscymo.swbell.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1000212141024.2844B-100000@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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In reply: > Whenever a program genereates a console message (ie dhcpc renews it > licence) it gets echoed to every single xterm. This is really obnoxious > since xmms and dhcpc seem to genereate these messages frequently, and they > disrup editor sessions, etc. is there any wat to confine this to just and > xconsole? yes. don't log in as root. it's a bad habit to have anyway. if you need superuser functionality, use su. console messages are always sent to root's login screens. jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KC5VDJ - HF to 23cm KC5VDJ@NW0I.#NEKS.KS.USA.NOAM kc5vdj@swbell.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IC-706MkII - IC-T81A - HTX-202 - HTX-212 - HTX-404 - KPC3+ - PK-232MBX/DSP To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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