Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 18:12:40 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Emiel Kollof <coolvibe@hackerheaven.org> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: patch: make syslog stop spamming any root it finds... Message-ID: <20020406021240.5E197390B@overcee.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20020405220932.GA13171@hackerheaven.org>
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Emiel Kollof wrote: > * Poul-Henning Kamp (phk@freebsd.org) wrote: > > > > I have always hated the three lines in /etc/syslog.conf which spams > > root with far too many and far too irrellevant syslog messages, in > > some cases even with several copies of them. > > Amen to that. You got my vote. Usually when I set up a FreeBSD box, it's > the first thing I turn off. I say commit it. Likewise, it's the first thing I turn off, as well as the *.emerg line that broadcasts to all users. Note however that having syslogd whine to root logins is kind of a discouragement to actually log in as root, and rather have people log in and 'su' instead. But even then, it's I would rather see it dead. :-) Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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