[svlug] Linux Firewall Stopping logging of messages on console and in syslog

[Prasad Paranjape]

Thanks Tim.
It worked.

Regards,

Prasad

--- Tim Utschig <tim at tetro.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 11:35:02AM -0800, Prasad
> Paranjape wrote:
> > I have Debian Sarge box set up as firewall. The
> > Firewall script with rules runs at the boot time.
> > But then my consoles get cluttered with the
> messages
> > and same get logged in /var/log/syslog.
> > 
> > Can I stop cluttering of my console?If so ; any
> hints?
> 
> man klogd:
> 
>    -c n   Sets the default log level of console
> messages to n.
>    
>    ... When  -c is given on the commandline the
> klogd daemon will
>    execute a system call to inhibit all kernel
> messages from being
>    displayed on the console.  ...
>    
>    ... The definitions of the numeric values for
> kernel messages are
>    given in the file kernel.h ...
> 
> 
> /usr/include/linux/kernel.h (Sarge
> linux-kernel-headers package):
> 
>    #define KERN_EMERG    "<0>"  /* system is
> unusable               */
>    #define KERN_ALERT    "<1>"  /* action must be
> taken immediately */
>    #define KERN_CRIT     "<2>"  /* critical
> conditions              */
>    #define KERN_ERR      "<3>"  /* error conditions 
>                */
>    #define KERN_WARNING  "<4>"  /* warning
> conditions               */
>    #define KERN_NOTICE   "<5>"  /* normal but
> significant condition */
>    #define KERN_INFO     "<6>"  /* informational    
>                */
>    #define KERN_DEBUG    "<7>"  /* debug-level
> messages             */
> 
> 
> vi /etc/init.d/klogd
> 
>    KLOGD="-c 3"
> 
> invoke-rc.d klogd restart
> 
> -- 
>    - Tim Utschig <tim at tetro.net>
> 



 
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