> How can ipchains be told not to log to /dev/console? It can get quite > annoying when your terminal gets all messed up with packet logs ... Add the following to /etc/sysctl.conf: kernel/printk = 4 4 1 7 Under 2.4 kernels (not sure about the others) the following file explains what it does <path_to_kernel_src>/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt Matt.