[syslog-ng]leaking to consolde

gkuchta@astro.umn.edu gkuchta@astro.umn.edu
Tue, 19 Feb 2002 20:06:57 -0600


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On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 07:56:26PM -0600, Len Conrad wrote:
>=20
> >My syslog-ng conf file started life as the one that comes with the
> >debian syslog-ng package.
>=20
> mine, comes with FreeBSD 4.5 port of syslog-ng, emulates the system's=20
> syslog.conf.
>=20
> >  It has these console-related destination lines:
> >
> >   # The root's console.
> >   #
> >   destination console { usertty("root"); };
> >
> >   # Virtual console.
> >   #
> >   destination console_all { file("/dev/tty8"); };
> >
> >   # The named pipe /dev/xconsole is for the nsole' utility.  To use it,
> >   # you must invoke nsole' with the -file' option:
> >   #
> >   #    $ xconsole -file /dev/xconsole [...]
> >   #
> >   destination xconsole { pipe("/dev/xconsole"); };
> >
> >Maybe you have some console lines you don't see?
>=20
> vi's  /con   gave me nothing.
>=20
> I have this:
>=20
> destination console { file("/var/log/messages" ); };
> destination root { usertty("root"); };
> destination allusers { usertty("*"); };
> destination pop3d { file("/var/log/imail-pop.log"); };

Just a shot in the dark, but try removing the root and allusers
destinations. =20

--=20
Garrett Kuchta [gkuchta[at]astro.umn.edu]
Assistant System Manager
Dept. of Astronomy
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
http://www.astro.umn.edu/~gkuchta

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