Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:06:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net> To: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: unwanted messages in console Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0106131003580.1275-100000@zoraida.reyes.somos.net> In-Reply-To: <441yoqln91.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>
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On 11 Jun 2001, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > #*.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console > > #*.err root > > #*.notice;news.err root > > #*.alert root > > #*.emerg * > > > > save then send a -HUP to syslogd > > The usual advice, actually, is to not log in as root instead of > getting rid of the notifications being sent to root... I think that message is most appropriate to people who use FreeBSD as servers on a production environment. There are so many things which require root which are fairly routine for a home desktop: updating ports, mounting devices such as CD or floppies, backups. I am aware there are ways to change some of those things so they can be done as a regular user, but most are not obvious for new users, or even for those who have never tried to do them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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