Jim wrote:

> I am using a fw script created by fwbuilder on Debian sid, kernel
> 2.4.22 and when the the firewall is running the messages from
> /var/log/syslog is displayed on the screen on all tty's to the point
> that the console can not be used.
> 
> Ssh access into the firewall is the only way to access it.  I want to
>  configure the server so that the logs are sent to /var/log/syslog
> like usual but not displayed on the screen.  What is the best way to
> do this?

Sounds like klogd is a little too verbose on the console.  You can
adjust the verbosity to the console without effecting syslog by changing
the following line in /etc/init.d/klogd.

from:  KLOGD=""
to:    KLOGD="-c 3 -2"

For more info on those args, take a look at the klogd man page.


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Chris Lewis
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