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    How to stop logging/messages to the console?

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      aeleus
      last edited by

      I am periodically interrupted by logging/messages when connected to the console.

      Example:
      Message from syslogd@pfSense1 at Mar 17 09:45:35 ...
      pfSense1 php-fpm[90115]: /index.php: Successful login for user 'user' from: 10.0.0.1 (Local Database)

      How do I stop these messages from being sent to the console?

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        NollipfSense @aeleus
        last edited by NollipfSense

        @aeleus That's a very IMPORTANT info...why on Earth would you want to stop it? That's what all firewall appliance does... I do not understand why that would interrupt you...

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          aeleus
          last edited by

          @NollipfSense I don't want to disable the logging. I just want to stop the messages from popping up on screen when I'm connected to the console. It disrupts my ability to do things like edit crontab and obscures my view of pfTop.

          I don't need to be notified every 5 minutes that there has been a "successful login" while I'm trying to do something on the console. I can look at the log files if I need that information.

          These messages pop up both on the console and when using PuTTY.

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          • NollipfSenseN
            NollipfSense @aeleus
            last edited by

            @aeleus said in How to stop logging/messages to the console?:

            I don't need to be notified every 5 minutes that there has been a "successful login"

            If you log in every five minutes, then you will receive that message...there is no way round this...you're barking at the wrong tree. Or when you log in, don't log out.

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              Press ^L (Ctrl-l) to refresh your terminal if the message overwrites something.

              If you must disable them, it's under System > Advanced, WebGUI login messages.
              You can't disable the console message without also disabling the log message entirely, so be wary of disabling that.

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                aeleus
                last edited by

                @NollipfSense The thing is, I am not logging in every 5 minutes. It's actually a remote monitor checking the gateway status because they occasionally go down (multiple pfSense instances with multiple gateways each).

                @jimp Thank you for the information. Now I can make an informed decision. Much more helpful than "you're holding it wrong".

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                  provels @aeleus
                  last edited by provels

                  @aeleus FWIW, I find WinSCP dandy for editing files. Of course, Windows...

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                  • NollipfSenseN
                    NollipfSense @aeleus
                    last edited by

                    @aeleus I now see your situation clearly. I would try what Jimp recommended, before completely disabling...good luck!

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                      aeleus @NollipfSense
                      last edited by aeleus

                      @NollipfSense I have what I need. Thanks for the input! ๐Ÿ‘

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        There are probably better ways of remote monoriting the gateway status if that's all it's doing.

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                          aeleus @stephenw10
                          last edited by

                          @stephenw10 said in How to stop logging/messages to the console?:

                          There are probably better ways of remote monoriting the gateway status if that's all it's doing.

                          I am currently using a script that relies on pulling the gateway status from the webui (/widgets/widgets/gateways.widget.php)

                          If there is a better way, I'd love to know what it is.

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Well my first though is that a WAN going down is something that triggers an alert so simply configuring the built in notifications would send something whenever that happens.
                            You could probably use SMTP. You could use syslog exporting and parse that at the server.

                            So currently you have a scheduled script that runs the php widget code and sends back the result to some central collection point?

                            Steve

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                            • jimpJ
                              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                              last edited by

                              Or NET-SNMP with an external script which returns the gateway status.

                              Or a similar agent like Zabbix or NRPE which could be scripted in similar ways.

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