how do I suppress system messages?

[Eric Crist]

On Oct 14, 2004, at 1:41 PM, Lynette Tillner wrote:

> I did this, and even did a reboot of the server but the messages 
> haven't
> stopped.  Since this is a machine managed by my ISP (I don't have a 
> full
> dedicated server, just a Virtual Private Server with 2 gig of disk 
> space)
> could something be overriding my syslog.conf file?  I looked at 
> rc.conf but
> didn't see anything that I thought was appropriate to comment out.
>
> Also, I can't switch to another tty because my only access is remote 
> --- I
> don't have console access.
>
> Thanks!
> Lynette
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Crist" <ecrist at secure-computing.net>
> To: "Kevin Glick" <keving at sbfnet.com>
> Cc: "'Lynette Tillner'" <ltillner at avs-1.com>;
> <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 12:12 PM
> Subject: Re: how do I suppress system messages?
>
> On Oct 13, 2004, at 2:08 PM, Kevin Glick wrote:
>
>> Lynette,
>>
>> System messages print out to the console on tty0 only, by default.  If
>> you
>> want to use the console, switch to tty1 or above.  Do this by
>> ALT+2(tty1),
>> ALT+3(tty2), etc.
>> When you're in Vi, and syslog prints across the screen, using CTRL+L
>> will
>> re-draw the screen, and remove the syslog messages.
>> If you want to get rid of the messages altogether, look into disabling
>> syslogd, via /etc/rc.conf.  (Man syslogd, or check
>> /etc/defaults/rc.conf for
>> syslogd.
>>
>> Kevin Glick
>> ITS Manager
>> Sterling Business Forms
>> keving at sbfnet.com
>>

I'm sure this is something that is being overridden by your ISP and the 
jail system they have set up.  I would suggest you talk to them and see 
if they have something they can do to disable it.

HTH
-----
Eric F Crist
Secure Computing Networks
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