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Date:      Tue, 15 Sep 1998 15:40:39 +0300
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
To:        Derek Flowers <djflow@erols.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: New daily output
Message-ID:  <19980915154039.B13421@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <199809151226.IAA15815@portwwwbus.tc.cc.va.us>; from Derek Flowers on Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 08:28:28AM -0400
References:  <199809151226.IAA15815@portwwwbus.tc.cc.va.us>

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On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 08:28:28AM -0400, Derek Flowers wrote:
> I've noticed that FreeBSD 2.2.7-Release has some new output from /etc/daily:
> 
> main login failures: 
> Sep 8 16:04:56 main login: 2 LOGIN FAILURES ON ttyp0 
> Sep 8 16:04:56 main login: 2 LOGIN FAILURES ON ttyp0, hans
> 
> main refused connections:
> 
> I really like the added feature, but am wondering how to clear message
> above?  It has been placed in the output of /etc/daily now for a week.   I
> appreciate the fact that /etc/daily now displays this, but I do not think
> it is necessary to have it display the same message over and over again.
> 

You should rotate your /var/log/messages daily.
RTFM newsyslog(8), then edit your /etc/newsyslog.conf accordingly.

Best regards,
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