Re: How to shutup syslog [SOLVED]

2003-07-02 Thread Ross Boylan
I'd like to thank people who helped me with this on and offlist, and also note two sources that describe this problem and solutions to it. They are both really good documents. The Securing Debian Manual at FAQ 11.1.11 http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch11.en.html describe

Re: How to shutup syslog: setterm

2003-06-27 Thread Ross Boylan
On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 17:47, Ross Boylan wrote: > What do I need to do to stop syslog from sending messages to the virtual > consoles? > mesg says it is already n. setterm -msglevel x produces an error ("klogctl error: Unknown error ...") when I execute it as a regular user, but it seems to wor

Re: How to shutup syslog

2003-06-25 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 05:47:14PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > What do I need to do to stop syslog from sending messages to the virtual > consoles? > > I am operating in a new Debain testing (aka sarge?) system with a 2.4.18 > stock kernel. It's non-graphical, so I'm using different virtual > ter

How to shutup syslog

2003-06-24 Thread Ross Boylan
What do I need to do to stop syslog from sending messages to the virtual consoles? I am operating in a new Debain testing (aka sarge?) system with a 2.4.18 stock kernel. It's non-graphical, so I'm using different virtual terminals (ctl-alt-F1, etc). Messages for syslog kept ending up on my termi