Hello. I would like to have some clarification about kernel messages handling, syslog, etc.
On one of FreeBSD boxes there is a shortage of free space on /usr filesystem. But once I login to that system (using putty) I got constant stream of
messages on my pty. The strange thing is that if I log in using any other system (i.e. ssh'ing to one server and than to server in question) I do not have this mess.
I'm using this /etc/syslog.conf file:
I tried to comment out lines
and
but no use.
So how are kernel messages are handled in FreeBSD?
On one of FreeBSD boxes there is a shortage of free space on /usr filesystem. But once I login to that system (using putty) I got constant stream of
Code:
/usr: write failed, filesystem is full
I'm using this /etc/syslog.conf file:
Code:
#+@
*.err;kern.warning;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console
*.notice;authpriv.none;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err /var/log/messages
security.* /var/log/security
auth.info;authpriv.info /var/log/auth.log
mail.info /var/log/maillog
lpr.info /var/log/lpd-errs
ftp.info /var/log/xferlog
cron.* /var/log/cron
*.=debug /var/log/debug.log
*.emerg *
# uncomment this to log all writes to /dev/console to /var/log/console.log
#console.info /var/log/console.log
# uncomment this to enable logging of all log messages to /var/log/all.log
# touch /var/log/all.log and chmod it to mode 600 before it will work
#*.* /var/log/all.log
# uncomment this to enable logging to a remote loghost named loghost
*.* @mars
# uncomment these if you're running inn
# news.crit /var/log/news/news.crit
# news.err /var/log/news/news.err
# news.notice /var/log/news/news.notice
!startslip
*.* /var/log/slip.log
!ppp
*.* /var/log/ppp.log
!smsd
*.* /var/log/smsd.log
!dhcpd
*.notice /var/log/dhcpd.log
!*
####
# cisco devices
####
#+x.x.x.x
*.* /logs/1.log
#+x.x.x.x
*.* /logs/2.log
....
I tried to comment out lines
Code:
*.emerg *
Code:
*.err;kern.warning;auth.notice;mail.crit /dev/console
So how are kernel messages are handled in FreeBSD?