On Friday 25 February 2005 12:56, Jess Anderson wrote: > Every time cron wakes up, it logs authentication (PAM) > actions to syslog. Not especially useful for a one-user > (plus root) system, these messages mostly fill up space: > > Feb 25 11:21:01 seth crond(pam_unix)[4381]: session opened for user > anderson by (uid=0) Feb 25 11:21:02 seth crond(pam_unix)[4381]: session > closed for user anderson Feb 25 11:25:01 seth crond(pam_unix)[4396]: > session opened for user root by (uid=0) Feb 25 11:25:01 seth > crond(pam_unix)[4396]: session closed for user root Feb 25 11:27:01 seth > crond(pam_unix)[4454]: session opened for user anderson by (uid=0) Feb 25 > 11:27:02 seth crond(pam_unix)[4454]: session closed for user anderson Feb > 25 11:30:01 seth crond(pam_unix)[4497]: session opened for user root by > (uid=0) Feb 25 11:30:01 seth crond(pam_unix)[4500]: session opened for user > root by (uid=0) Feb 25 11:30:01 seth crond(pam_unix)[4497]: session closed > for user root Feb 25 11:30:01 seth crond(pam_unix)[4500]: session closed > for user root > > As far as I can see this logging is compiled in, rather than > being controlled by /etc/syslog.conf. Of maybe (entirely > possible) I'm confused. The man pages don't mention options > or other alternatives, apparently. > > Suggestions welcome. > > -- > [] Hindsight is an exact science. > [] -- (Anonymous) > -- > * Copyright 2005 Jess Anderson > * www.jessanderson.org * anderson@xxxxxxxx > * Window Maker Themes: www.jessanderson.org/wmthemes I'd take a closer look at /etc/syslog.conf, mine has the following lines in it. # Log cron stuff cron.* /var/log/cron
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