SysLog Manipulation

[Sergey N. Voronkov]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 11:48:15PM -0700, Hristo Georgiev wrote:
> How can eliminate the kernel from logging the
> following:
> Jun 18 12:45:40 georgi /kernel: arp: 10.39.224.2 moved
> from 00:b0:da:ac:dc:88 to 00:b0:da:ac:dc:89 on rl0
> Jun 18 13:09:05 georgi /kernel: arp: 10.39.224.2 moved
> from 00:b0:da:ac:dc:89 to 00:b0:da:ac:dc:88 on rl0
> Jun 18 13:10:32 georgi /kernel: arp: 10.39.224.2 moved
> from 00:b0:da:ac:dc:88 to 00:b0:da:ac:dc:89 on rl0
> Jun 18 13:29:49 georgi /kernel: arp: 10.39.224.2 moved
> from 00:b0:da:ac:dc:89 to 00:b0:da:ac:dc:88 on rl0
> Jun 18 13:29:49 georgi /kernel: arp: 10.39.224.2 moved
> from 00:b0:da:ac:dc:88 to 00:b0:da:ac:dc:89 on rl0
> Jun 18 13:31:59 georgi /kernel: arp: 10.39.224.2 moved
> from 00:b0:da:ac:dc:89 to 00:b0:da:ac:dc:88 on rl0
> 
> 
> There is a server on the network that has multiple
> interfaces and it is switching them over and over
> again all the time and fill my logs up with this.  Is
> there a way to make it not log this particular event.
> 
> Here is the output of `uname -a`:
> FreeBSD georgi.xxxxx.com 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD
> 4.8-RELEASE #0: Thu Apr  3 10:53:38 GMT 2003    
> root at freebsd-stable.sentex.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
>  i386

Try to look at this sysctl:

net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_wrong_iface: 1

Serg N. Voronkov,
Sibitex JSC,
Tyumen, Russia.