reopen 653515 retitle 653515 Very chatty in syslog by default; message every time rekeying occurs thanks
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 02:17:03AM +0200, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann wrote: > On Tuesday 19 June 2012, Josh Triplett wrote: > > Package: wpasupplicant > > Version: 0.7.3-5 > > Severity: normal > > > > wpa_supplicant logs a message like this to syslog every time WPA group > > rekeying occurs: > > > > Dec 24 08:26:16 leaf wpa_supplicant[1319]: WPA: Group rekeying completed > > with AP:MA:CA:DD:RE:SS [GTK=CCMP] > > > > On a network configured to rekey frequently, this generates a large > > number of syslog message, drowning out more useful log messages. > > > > Does wpa_supplicant really need to log every time rekeying occurs? > > You can configure the logging verbosity through your > /etc/network/interfaces stanza on a per interface basis, quoting from > /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.Debian.gz: [snip] > Rekeying events are at MSG_INFO severity, setting wpa-debug-level to -1 > will raise the bar to MSG_WARNING and hide all rekeying notices (which > are still readable in e.g. wpa_cli) from the logs. I appreciate the pointer to information on how to make this message go away on my system, but I intended the bug report as a request to make wpa_supplicant less chatty by default. My question above still applies: Does wpa_supplicant really need to log every time rekeying occurs? What value does this provide? Could this message become something that only appears at -v or above, rather than by default? Thanks, Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
