Thanks Florian, that was a huge help. The messages have disappeared and I can get some work done.
Super help!! --- Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Clyde Wilson wrote: > > I have Debian Sarge 3.1 r1 with Firestarter as my > > firewall and I am on DSL. The firewall works > great > > but I am receiving messages every minute or two > with > > the following format: > > > > Inbound IN=eth0 OUT= > > MAC=00:0f:b5:46:4f:5a:00:0b:23:ca:68:ec:08:00 > > SRC=4.79.142.206 DST=71.129.207.113 LEN=28 > TOS=0x00 > > PREC=0x00 TTL=113 ID=32768 PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 > CODE=0 > > ID=0 SEQ=0 > > [...] > > > These messages appear on my virtual terminals, > whether > > I am logged on or not. Any way to get rid of > them. > > This behavior can be controlled via the "printk" > parameter of the > kernel. Try the command (as root) > > echo "4 4 1 7" > /proc/sys/kernel/printk > > If you like this setting you can make it permanent > over reboots by > uncommenting the following line in /etc/sysctl.conf: > > kernel/printk = 4 4 1 7 > > More information about kernel parameters can be > found in the file > Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt which is part of the > kernel sources and > the kernel documentation packages (e.g > linux-doc-2.6.15). I have > appended the part pertaining to printk below. > > Regards, > Florian > > ============================================================== > ==== excerpt from Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt > follows ==== > ============================================================== > > printk: > > The four values in printk denote: console_loglevel, > default_message_loglevel, minimum_console_loglevel > and > default_console_loglevel respectively. > > These values influence printk() behavior when > printing or > logging error messages. See 'man 2 syslog' for more > info on > the different loglevels. > > - console_loglevel: messages with a higher priority > than > this will be printed to the console > - default_message_level: messages without an > explicit priority > will be printed with this priority > - minimum_console_loglevel: minimum (highest) value > to which > console_loglevel can be set > - default_console_loglevel: default value for > console_loglevel > > ============================================================== > > printk_ratelimit: > > Some warning messages are rate limited. > printk_ratelimit specifies > the minimum length of time between these messages > (in jiffies), by > default we allow one every 5 seconds. > > A value of 0 will disable rate limiting. > > ============================================================== > > printk_ratelimit_burst: > > While long term we enforce one message per > printk_ratelimit > seconds, we do allow a burst of messages to pass > through. > printk_ratelimit_burst specifies the number of > messages we can > send before ratelimiting kicks in. > > ============================================================== > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
