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On a hardened gentoo machine, the main /var/log/messages file becomes hugely cluttered with the minute-by-minute cron messages. They are far too verbose :-( Cut down on the clutter by editing and adding the red/bold change: | On a '''hardened''' gentoo machine, the main /var/log/messages file becomes hugely cluttered with the minute-by-minute cron messages. They are far too verbose :-( Cut down on the clutter by editing and adding the red/bold change: | ||
<font color=red>hostname</font> <font color=blue>~ #</font> '''emacs -nw /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf''' | <font color=red>hostname</font> <font color=blue>~ #</font> '''emacs -nw /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf''' | ||
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Minute-by-minute cron messages are still logged, but only to /var/log/cron.log, '''not''' the main /var/log/messages file. Sanity is restored :-) | Minute-by-minute cron messages are still logged, but only to /var/log/cron.log, '''not''' the main /var/log/messages file. Sanity is restored :-) | ||
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For Reference, here are a number of example syslog-ng.conf files: | |||
[[Typical hardened syslog-ng.conf]] | |||
[[Typical server syslog-ng.conf]] | |||
[[Typical workstation syslog-ng.conf]] | |||
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Revision as of 19:06, 8 February 2008
On a hardened gentoo machine, the main /var/log/messages file becomes hugely cluttered with the minute-by-minute cron messages. They are far too verbose :-( Cut down on the clutter by editing and adding the red/bold change:
hostname ~ # emacs -nw /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
filter f_messages { level(info..warn)
and not facility(auth, authpriv, mail, news, cron); };
Minute-by-minute cron messages are still logged, but only to /var/log/cron.log, not the main /var/log/messages file. Sanity is restored :-)
For Reference, here are a number of example syslog-ng.conf files:
Typical hardened syslog-ng.conf
Typical server syslog-ng.conf
Typical workstation syslog-ng.conf