iptables output?

[Bill Tangren]

Ben Russo wrote:
> Bill Tangren wrote:
> 
>> I have configured iptables on my server, and now now I get output 
>> going to my text windows (in the GUI, do a ctrl+alt+F1 to get to one 
>> of them).
> 
> ...
> 
>> Can anyone tell me how to redirect this output to /dev/null or 
>> someplace else?
>>
> ...
> 
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
> Check your /etc/syslog.conf
> You probably have a line that says: kern.*    /dev/console
> and maybe *.emerg        *
> 
> Look at your /etc/sysconfig/iptables file.
> you probably have a LOG target (-j LOG)
> you can set --log-level on that line in /etc/sysconfig/iptables
> 
> I think those things are what you are looking for.
> 
> -Ben.
> 

The line in /etc/syslog.conf is commented out, so it appears that 
/dev/console is the default (man syslog.conf doesn't seem to say).

Does anyone know if sending non critical errors to /dev/null harm anything?

kern.info;kern.!err          /dev/null


Thanks,
Bill