Re: [PLUG] solution: how to keep iptables from spamming the console

["Dan Masca" <dan@reea.net>]

Jon,
is this correct :

If you  want to stop these messages from spamming  the
console do:

dmesg -n 1

from the manual

 ___nlevel
              Set the level at which logging of messages is done to  the
con___
              sole.   For  example,  ___n  1 prevents all messages, expect
panic
              messages, from appearing on the console.  All levels of
messages
              are still written to /proc/kmsg, so syslogd(8) can still be
used
              to control exactly where kernel messages appear.   When  the
___n
              option  is  used,  dmesg will not print or clear the kernel
ring
              buffer.

is just our opinion !

Dan Masca
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REEA inc
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Nelson" <quincy@linuxnotes.net>
To: <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Cc: <cjf@LinuxForce.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] solution: how to keep iptables from spamming the console


>
> Chris Fearnley said:
>
> >
> > LOG_LEVEL=7
> >
> > iptables -t filter -A tcprules -i eth0 -s 10.0.0.0/8 \
> >          -j LOG --log-level ${LOG_LEVEL}
>
> Tried this and it stoped logging packets all together.  Needed to put:
>
> kern.*    /var/log/packetfilter
>
> in /etc/syslod.conf to get it to log.  Even with this it still logs to the
> console (ie, appends to output of 'dmesg').
>
> Using my newfound skills with 'diff' I checked that /etc/syslog.conf,
> /etc/init.d/syslog, /etc/sysconfig/syslog and my firewall scripts were the
> same on both machines.
>
> >
> > If you search in the script for --log-level, you may discover the name
> > of the variable that can be configured to turn logging off the console.
> > 7 (debug) should keep messages in the logs, but off the console.
> >
>
> There was no mention of "--log-level" in my script(s).
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Jon
>
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