Re: [fw-wiz] Firewall Messages

From: Paul D. Robertson (proberts@patriot.net)
Date: 08/07/02 

From: "Paul D. Robertson" <proberts@patriot.net>
To: DS <redskins@comcast.net>
Date: Wed Aug  7 00:39:02 2002

On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, DS wrote:

> Ohh I thought you had it hehe, but that is commented out :) Oh have

He might have it anyway from klogd's man page:

       The klogd daemon also allows the ability to alter the pre­
       sentation of kernel messages to the system console. Con­
       sequent with the prioritization of kernel messages was the
       inclusion of default messaging levels for the kernel. In
       a stock kernel the the default console log level is set to
       7. Any messages with a priority level numerically lower
       than 7 (higher priority) appear on the console.

When -c is given on the commandline the klogd daemon will
       execute a system call to inhibit all kernel messages from
       being displayed on the console. Former versions always
       issued this system call and defaulted to all kernel mes­
       sages except for panics. This is handled differently
       nowardays so klogd doesn't need to set this value anymore.
       The argument given to the -c switch specifies the priority
       level of messages which will be directed to the console.
       Note that messages of a priority value LOWER than the
       indicated number will be directed to the console.

              For example, to have the kernel display all mes­
              sages with a priority level of 3 (KERN_ERR) or more
              severe the following command would be executed:

                   klogd -c 4

> recieved messages asking if I have the /var/log/messages file there
> before the service started, answer is yes. I just recently updated to RH
> 7.3 so I will see if I still get them on the console with the new OS.

In RedHat, the klogd options are set in:

/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S12syslog

Paul
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