On Sun, 20 May 2007 15:01:25 -0600 Paul wrote: PRG> Note that the OPTIONS= line indicates that smnpd starts with both -Lsd PRG> and -Lf /dev/null. As a result a ps auxww shows: PRG> PRG> root 19645 0.0 0.2 12340 4436 ? S 12:05 0:00 PRG> /usr/sbin/snmpd -Lsd -Lf /dev/null -p /var/run/snmpd.pid -a PRG> PRG> and apparently the -Lsd overrides the -Lf /dev/null so everything gets PRG> logged. If I create a /etc/sysconfig/snmpd.options file containing: PRG> PRG> OPTIONS="-LS 4 d -p /var/run/snmpd.pid -a" PRG> PRG> then only warnings or worse are logged to /var/log/messages and the PRG> useless connection messages get suppressed. snmpd can have multiple output destinations. The '-Lf /dev/null' was to disable the default log file, because snmpd used to always open it, even if other log types were specified. Newer releases don't open the default log file unless no other logging method is specified, so the '-Lf /dev/null' can (and should) be dropped... -- "No sense being pessimistic. It wouldn't work anyway." - Phillip Mueller