Re: /var/log/messages filling up with DHCPDISCOVER messages

Stephen Allen wrote:
/usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf is configured with

"log-facility local7;"

and /etc/syslog.conf is also configured with

"local7.* /var/log/dhcpd.log"

However, /var/log/messages is filling up with "DHCPDISCOVER / no free
leases" messages for those clients that are unknown to the DHCP server
(eg. on a different subnet). I suspect that these messages are being
caught by "*.notice" which is why they end up in /var/log/messages.

Is there a way to prevent this happening?

You could try filtering them out of syslog like so (in your syslogd.conf):

"local7.!=notice /var/log/dhcpd.log"

Which should log everything for local7 except notice. See man syslog.conf(5)

Cheers,

Jeff Royle
lists dot qwirky dot net
_______________________________________________
freebsd-questions@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx"