> On Friday 16 July 2004 8:25 pm, Victor Wren wrote: > > > This is off-topic, but IPTABLES is the only place I have this problem. > > > > I've got all my log entries set to --log-level > > info, and they're getting properly logged to an iptables logfile, but they > > are still showing up on the screen > > Show us the contents of your /etc/syslog.conf auth,authpriv.* -/var/log/auth *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/messages kern.none /dev/console daemon.* -/var/log/daemon kern.* -/var/log/kern kern.=info -/var/log/iptables mail.* -/var/log/mail user.* -/var/log/user cron.* -/var/log/cron *.emerg * local7.* /var/log/boot.log I think I may have found a clue. kernel message logging is handled by klogd. the manfile for klogd says that it defaults to putting all messages of priority higher than 7 (debug) to the screen (info is 6) unless launched with "-c [level]" I see no mention of any use of a configuration file in klogd, and it appears to hand kernel messages to syslogd after prioritizing, but has the ability to send messages to the screen (or files) itself. Ha. Changing it to klogd -c 3" seems to have cured it. Now to fix it on my home network! Victor Victor Wren Designer, Timension Inc. 1350 C Pear Ave Mountain View CA 94043 (650) 564-9397 Fax: (650) 564-9398 Opinions stated in this letter are not necessarily those of Timension Inc. or the management. All Rights Reserved. No spitting.
