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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Supress console messages and send to a file?
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 1997 21:34:20 -0800
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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H. Eckert wrote:
> Use the virtual console screens and simply switch to a different one
> before logging in.  Log messages are sent to all virtual consoles though,
> if you're logged in as root.

Only if you have this:

*.err                                           root
*.notice;auth.debug                             root
*.alert                                         root

In /etc/syslog.conf
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.