Modify the following line in /etc/syslog.conf from *.info;mail.none;news.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages to *.info;mail.none;news.none;authpriv.none;cron.none;kern.none /var/log/messages Then no kern message will be written to /var/log/messages thanks & regards Sudhakar On 2/7/06, openbsd shen <openbsd.shen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I write a line in /etc/syslog.conf: > kern.=info /var/log/iptables > > Now the log of iptables write to /var/log/iptables, but I found that > the log still write in /var/log/messages, now I have 2 copies of the > log, how can I stop the write to /var/log/messages, and only write to > /var/log/iptables? > Thanks. > >