Emiel Kollof wrote:
> * Poul-Henning Kamp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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
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Peter Wemm - [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5


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