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From: jay@mips.COM (Jay McCauley)
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Subject: Re: login and syslog question.
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Date: 10 Aug 90 16:07:45 GMT
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In article <24581@boulder.Colorado.EDU> hartzell@beagle (George Hartzell) writes:
<<original problem deleted>>
>	2) Can someone tell me how to get syslog to ignore/dump to 
>           /dev/null the following messages?   I don't need them
>           cluttering up my log files, I *KNOW* it's happening.
>
>Aug  9 00:16:27 beagle login: LOGIN TIMEOUT ON /dev/ttyi11, mkmkk[m[
>Aug  9 00:16:27 beagle login: LOGIN TIMEOUT ON /dev/ttyj9, mkmkk[m[
>Aug  9 00:16:41 beagle login: LOGIN TIMEOUT ON /dev/ttyh4, MJMJJRIS
>
These are LOG_WARNING messages, and can be ignored by changing
/etc/syslog.conf to toss auth.warning.  
Here is the default syslog.conf:

*.err;kern,mark.debug;auth.notice		?/dev/console
*.err;kern,mark.debug;auth.notice		/usr/adm/console_log
*.err;kern.debug;daemon,auth.notice;mail.crit	/usr/adm/messages
lpr.debug					/usr/adm/lpd-errs
mail.debug					/usr/spool/mqueue/syslog

*.alert;kern.err;daemon.err			operator
*.alert						root

*.emerg						*

Change it to:

*.err;kern,mark.debug            		?/dev/console
*.err;kern,mark.debug            		/usr/adm/console_log
*.err;kern.debug;daemon.notice;mail.crit	/usr/adm/messages
lpr.debug					/usr/adm/lpd-errs
mail.debug					/usr/spool/mqueue/syslog

*.alert;kern.err;daemon.err			operator
*.alert						root

*.emerg						*

This does toss the baby with the bathwater, and as soon as you get the
wiring fixed somehow (I only do software 8-)), I'd recommend turning back on
the auth stuff, as it does provide useful system administrative input.
After changing /etc/syslog.conf, you need to tap syslogd on the shoulder
with a SIGHUP to get it to reread the file.  Alternatively, you can kill
syslogd and restart it.

>Any help/suggestions appreciated.
>g.
>George Hartzell			                  (303) 492-4535
> MCD Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
>hartzell@Boulder.Colorado.EDU           ..!ncar!boulder!hartzell
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