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Date:      Mon, 13 Mar 2000 12:43:51 -0600
From:      Lance Woodson <lance@woodson.com>
To:        Ronald Klop <ronald@node11a94.a2000.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: no root login messages
Message-ID:  <38CD36E7.80555E6D@woodson.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003131603100.30784-100000@bak.evertsen.nl>

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Ronald Klop wrote:
> 
> How can I turn of the messages on the tty's when root logs in?
> I always get these anoying 'login: ROOT LOGIN (root) ON ttyv2' messages.
> I do want them in /var/log/messages, but not on the console.
> It is just my home computer, so I am not really scared of somebody loging
> in as root.
> 
> It must have something to do with syslog, but I couldn't figure out which
> setting it is.

Just comment out the /dev/console line in /etc/syslog.conf

i.e.

*.err;auth.notice;mail.crit;kern.debug         /dev/console

becomes

#*.err;auth.notice;mail.crit;kern.debug         /dev/console

Hope that helps.
Lance Woodson


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