disabling PPP messages from syslog

Hello,
my /var/log/messages is full of messages like this:

Apr 29 00:01:28 VHB2router pppd[17506]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
Apr 29 00:01:28 VHB2router pppd[17506]: Using interface ppp0
Apr 29 00:01:28 VHB2router pppd[17506]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
Apr 29 00:01:28 VHB2router /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is
already up
Apr 29 00:01:59 VHB2router pppd[17506]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
Apr 29 00:01:59 VHB2router pppd[17506]: Connection terminated.
Apr 29 00:01:59 VHB2router pppd[17506]: Exit.
Apr 29 00:01:59 VHB2router /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifdown ppp0


Have you any idea how to disable this loging? I disabled all logs in ppp
but with no effect. Here is my ppp options file:


115200
crtscts
local
updetach
lock

lcp-echo-interval 15
lcp-echo-failure 3

noauth
ms-dns 10.1.0.1
nolog


Thanks Karel

Karel Kozlik <kozlik@kufr.cz> wrote:

> my /var/log/messages is full of messages like this:

> Apr 29 00:01:28 VHB2router pppd[17506]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0
> Apr 29 00:01:28 VHB2router pppd[17506]: Using interface ppp0
> Apr 29 00:01:28 VHB2router pppd[17506]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
> Apr 29 00:01:28 VHB2router /etc/hotplug/net.agent: assuming ppp0 is
> already up
> Apr 29 00:01:59 VHB2router pppd[17506]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Apr 29 00:01:59 VHB2router pppd[17506]: Connection terminated.
> Apr 29 00:01:59 VHB2router pppd[17506]: Exit.
> Apr 29 00:01:59 VHB2router /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifdown ppp0


> Have you any idea how to disable this loging? I disabled all logs in ppp
> but with no effect. Here is my ppp options file:

Why do you want to disable them? There is no pppd option for doing so,
they are minimal messages pppd aways sends. You would have to edit the
pppd source code. I can only wish you "good luck" there. Or disable
any messages from being sent by syslogd from the local2 facility or
with the warn log level by editing /etc/syslog.conf, which would mean
no messages from anything else using local2 or warn would be logged.

I don't know anything about "net.agent," except that it appears in some
posts with questions regarding pppd. Very likely distribution dependent.

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Hello,
thanks for reply.

> Why do you want to disable them? There is no pppd option for doing so,

there are two main reasons why I want disable them.

- this messages are bootless for me and /var/log/messages is confused
- in the router on which pppd is running is very small hdd and these
logs often filling up all avaiable space.

> any messages from being sent by syslogd from the local2 facility or
> with the warn log level by editing /etc/syslog.conf, which would mean
> no messages from anything else using local2 or warn would be logged.

This is the last way how to resolve my problem. I don't want disable
messages from anything else. Is there anyone who have better idea how to
disable ppp logs?

Karel

On Don, 29 Apr 2004 at 17:40 GMT, Karel Kozlik <kozlik@kufr.cz> wrote:
> Hello,
> thanks for reply.
>
>> Why do you want to disable them? There is no pppd option for doing so,
>
> there are two main reasons why I want disable them.
>
> - this messages are bootless for me and /var/log/messages is confused
> - in the router on which pppd is running is very small hdd and these
> logs often filling up all avaiable space.
>
Perhaps this helps, although it could be overcomplicated for this
purpose:
Store your Logs on another machine in the Network. AFAIK syslog
provides this. The manpage of syslog.conf denotes this as remote
logging.
Write a skript rotating logs an storing the old logs on another
machine. This is a similar approach.
You do not have a problem with pppd, but with disk space, so I would
prefer one of these two solutions.

>> any messages from being sent by syslogd from the local2 facility or
>> with the warn log level by editing /etc/syslog.conf, which would mean
>> no messages from anything else using local2 or warn would be
>> logged.

This could affect other daemons, which is probably not desired.

>
> This is the last way how to resolve my problem. I don't want disable
> messages from anything else. Is there anyone who have better idea how to
> disable ppp logs?
>

I don't think, that this is the last way. You are working on symptoms
not on the root of the problem, I think.

> Karel
>


--

Robert...

Karel Kozlik <kozlik@kufr.cz> wrote in message news:<c6ren4$1obp$1@ns.felk.cvut.cz>...
> Hello,
> thanks for reply.
>
> > Why do you want to disable them? There is no pppd option for doing so,
>
> there are two main reasons why I want disable them.
>
> - this messages are bootless for me and /var/log/messages is confused
> - in the router on which pppd is running is very small hdd and these
> logs often filling up all avaiable space.
>
> > any messages from being sent by syslogd from the local2 facility or
> > with the warn log level by editing /etc/syslog.conf, which would mean
> > no messages from anything else using local2 or warn would be logged.
>
> This is the last way how to resolve my problem. I don't want disable
> messages from anything else. Is there anyone who have better idea how to
> disable ppp logs?
>
> Karel

pppd logs so much due to the nature of the protocol -- point to point
and connection oriented -- and if you start having ppp connection
problems these are about the only clues available. When you have no
ppp connection you can't diagnose your ppp connection (catch-22 ;-)

Look to see if you can't use logrotate in a way that will give you
control of the hd space issue -- man logrotate. If it's not on your
system (surprisingly learned how recent it is on Suse) find it and
install it. Like I said, if you ever have ppp problems you'll be glad
you have the logs rolling.

Otherwise, adjusting syslog.conf is about all you can do besides
offloading the logging to another machine :-(

Not having a pppd available on this machine, I'm not sure what
facility you're using for pppd -- you may be able to turn it off if no
other daemon/service uses the same facility. You can test this by
directing the facility used by pppd (usually daemon or local2 ?) to a
separate file and review it's contents. Even so, I can't recommend
going without any pppd logging -- perhaps a separate file in combo
with logrotate.

hth,
prg
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