Re: iptables generates unwanted output

[Joris Huizer <jorishuizer@planet.nl>]

Ryan Mackay wrote:
> Sometime near Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 11:40:49AM +0100, Joris Huizer wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I recently set up iptables (that is, I replaced /etc/init.d/iptables 
> > with the script I got).
> >
> > Now, when I'm on one of the tty' terminals, I get this message each time:
> >
> > INPUT packet died: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=10.0.0.150 DST=10.0.0.255 
> > LEN=131 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=111
> >
> > it looks like a lot of packages with identical properties, are sent to 
> > my computer; Maybe it's important to know, my internet connection is 
> > dhcp and it uses dynamic IP addressing (could that cause such a problem?)
> >
> > So basically, I've got two questions,
> > What could be causing this?
> > How can I make iptables stop generating output on the tty - and let it 
> > write in some kind of logfile instead?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Yes, this _feature_ can be INCREDIBLEY annoying for a machine that you
> also have to work on aswell :P.
>
> To stop it add this to /etc/init.d/klogd
>
> KLOGD="-c 4"
>
> It sets the verbosity level so to speak so those evil packet logs go to
> the disk where they should be.
>
> (PS: run `/etc/init.d/klogd restart` afterwards :P)

Thank you that solved the problem :-)
I'm wondering - how is writing on the tty a *feature* ?

Thanks again,

Joris