/etc/syslog.conf in FC4

[STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT)]

I have been looking at the contents of /var/log/messages
and the /etc/syslog.conf file and there appears to
be a problem in my FC4 installation.  I am using the
default /etc/syslog.conf which was installed with the
system (clean install - not upgrade).


>From /etc/syslog.conf
...
# Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher.
# Don't log private authentication messages!
*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none		/var/log/messages

...

# Log cron stuff
cron.*							/var/log/cron

>From the syslog.conf man page:

In addition to the above mentioned names the syslogd(8) understands the following extensions: An asterisk  (''*'')  stands  for
all  facilities  or all priorities, depending on where it is used (before or after the period).  The keyword none stands for no
priority of the given facility.

...
Multiple selectors may be specified for a single action using the semicolon ('';'') separator.  Remember that each selector  in
the  selector  field  is capable to overwrite the preceding ones.  Using this behavior you can exclude some priorities from the
pattern.

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As I read the man page, the last match, wins and 'none' means don't log.
As can be seen in the following excerpt from /var/log/messages, cron is logging
a lot of stuff.
I am looking for a suggestion as to what to change to supress cron writing
to /var/log/messages.

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[styma8]: tail /var/log/messages
Jan 27 12:45:01 styma8 crond(pam_unix)[14334]: session closed for user root
Jan 27 12:46:01 styma8 rpc.mountd: authenticated unmount request from styma9:934 for /home (/home)
Jan 27 13:00:02 styma8 crond(pam_unix)[14410]: session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Jan 27 13:00:02 styma8 crond(pam_unix)[14410]: session closed for user root
Jan 27 13:01:01 styma8 crond(pam_unix)[14427]: session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Jan 27 13:01:01 styma8 crond(pam_unix)[14427]: session closed for user root
Jan 27 13:05:01 styma8 crond(pam_unix)[14448]: session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Jan 27 13:05:02 styma8 crond(pam_unix)[14448]: session closed for user root
Jan 27 13:15:01 styma8 crond(pam_unix)[21672]: session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Jan 27 13:15:01 styma8 crond(pam_unix)[21672]: session closed for user root

       In addition to the above mentioned names the syslogd(8) understands the following extensions: An asterisk  (''*'')  stands  for
       all  facilities  or all priorities, depending on where it is used (before or after the period).  The keyword none stands for no
       priority of the given facility.


       Multiple selectors may be specified for a single action using the semicolon ('';'') separator.  Remember that each selector  in
       the  selector  field  is capable to overwrite the preceding ones.  Using this behavior you can exclude some priorities from the
       pattern.


Robert E. Styma
Principal Engineer (DMTS)
Lucent Technologies, Phoenix
Email: stymar at lucent.com / styma at swlink.net
Phone: 623-582-7323  Cell: 602-478-0114
Company:  http://www.lucent.com
Personal: http://www.swlink.net/~styma