Hi Josh, > > > wpa_supplicant logs a message like this to syslog every time WPA group > > > rekeying occurs: > > > > > > Dec 24 08:26:16 leaf wpa_supplicant[1319]: WPA: Group rekeying completed > > > with AP:MA:CA:DD:RE:SS [GTK=CCMP] > > > > > > On a network configured to rekey frequently, this generates a large > > > number of syslog message, drowning out more useful log messages. > > > > > > Does wpa_supplicant really need to log every time rekeying occurs? > > > > You can configure the logging verbosity through your > > /etc/network/interfaces stanza on a per interface basis, quoting from > > /usr/share/doc/wpasupplicant/README.Debian.gz: > [snip] > > Rekeying events are at MSG_INFO severity, setting wpa-debug-level to -1 > > will raise the bar to MSG_WARNING and hide all rekeying notices (which > > are still readable in e.g. wpa_cli) from the logs. > > I appreciate the pointer to information on how to make this message go > away on my system, but I intended the bug report as a request to make > wpa_supplicant less chatty by default. > > My question above still applies: Does wpa_supplicant really need to log > every time rekeying occurs?
No > What value does this provide? Not much to me > Could this > message become something that only appears at -v or above, rather than > by default? Yep, sure could Now we just need this report summarised and sent to hos...@lists.shmoo.com to get something done about it. Thanks, Kel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
