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RE: kernel logging iptables info to console



HI
	I am not sure what I shouls change in my syslog configuration. I
cannot see why it is being displayed on the console. I have attachted my
syslog.conf. What should I change in it?

Thankyou

Charlie

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Schaller [mailto:schaller@freeshell.org] 
Sent: 06 April 2002 22:10
To: Charlie Grosvenor
Cc: debian-firewall@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: kernel logging iptables info to console

On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, Charlie Grosvenor wrote:

> iptables -I INPUT -i ppp0 -m state --state INVALID,NEW -j LOG
> --log-prefix "IPTABLES - NEW PACKETS: "  --log-level info
> iptables -I FORWARD  -i ppp0 -m state --state INVALID,NEW -j LOG
> --log-prefix "IPTABLES - NEW PACKETS: " --log-level info
>
> The packets get written to /var/log/kern.log but they also get
> outputed on the console. How can I stop the packets from
> appearing on the console.

Your syslog configuration for kern.info is what's responsible.

-jeff
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