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Date:      Fri, 26 Sep 1997 18:33:10 +0200 (IST)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        Jose Monteiro <jm@pluriproj.pt>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: grabbing the console
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970926183207.9758A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <342bd606.138025@mail.leirianet.pt>

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On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Jose Monteiro wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've configured syslog so that emerg.* and alert.* are displayed to
> the console, but most of the time I work remotely.
> 
> How can I receive console messages in the tty im logged to?

Simply put your user name as the destination for the messages you want to 
receive (like root has for some entries in /etc/syslog.conf by default). This
will make syslogd write these messages to your terminal whenever you login
in as that user. See man syslog.conf.

> Is there anyway I can grab the console remotely?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jose
> 
> 
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