On 2008-10-20 16:22, Michael H. Warfield wrote: > On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 12:51 +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> Michael H. Warfield <> scribbled on Friday, October 17, 2008 4:45 PM: >>> man setterm: >>> >>> -msg [on|off] (virtual consoles only) >>> Enables or disables the sending of kernel printk() >>> messages to the console. > >> Is it possible to get rid of the iptables messages on the console as well, >> with the above tweak, or is it specifically and only for the kernel? > > iptables is in the kernel. > > AFAIK, it's either via syslog or via printk. If you've shut them both > down, it should be gone. It was thinking it is logged through klogd, and can be suppressed by starting klogd with the e.g. "-c 3" option. Change the bootoption of klogd in: /etc/sysconfig/syslog : KLOGD_OPTIONS="-x -c 3" Well, at least AFAIK. -- Paul Bijnens, xplanation Technology Services Tel +32 16 397.511 Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM Fax +32 16 397.512 http://www.xplanation.com/ email: Paul.Bijnens at xplanation.com *********************************************************************** * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, ^^, * * F6, quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * * init 0, kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... * * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * ***********************************************************************