Re: /var/log/messages

[Duane Wessels]

Joao Carlos Garcia writes:

>Hi
>
>Since I upgrade Squid from 1.1.20 to 2.1.PATCH2 the file
>/var/log/messages has increased a lot.
>
>Above, some messages in /var/log/messages.
>
>What can I do to stop logging ?

change your syslog.conf.

very important messages are logged at level LOG_WARNING,
all others are logged at LOG_NOTICE.

This will keep only the most important messages and discard the
rest:

        local4.warn             /var/log/squid.log

Duane W.