syslog

[navin]

hello ,
Is it approriate to use the " # "to turn of the syslog message in hp. For example , i have an entry in my syslog conf as
"*.info;mail.none syslog file " this cause more domain name messages dumped into the syslog file. i want to turn this off. can i just comment this line out in /etc/syslog.conf and do restart the syslogd by hup. apprecitae any suggestions.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom navin,

No, not appropriate.

Part of what goes to syslog includes critical security issues on your system. You can't comply with the new regulatory laws in the US if you turn of system logging.

Its fine though non-standard to direct logging to different files to make it easier on yourself. Its also fine to archive the files off and/or clear them regularly.

You will see thousands of posts(hundreds by me) for many kinds of system probems recommending a look at syslog.log. Good reason for that.

SEP

[navin]

OK, Thank You. But is there way that i can just turn of the dns lookup messages. I'm successful in implementing this in other opertating systems.Thanks

[subhashni]

Hello ,
The syslog configuartion is configured to capture the messages generated by facilities emerg and alert , in that case if i remove the *.info;mail.none facilities from the configurtion ,i will still receive the system critical messasges right. Please share your thoughts regarding this.Appreciate your help.