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by **Carsten Huet** » Fri, 29 Jan 1999 04:00:00

Hello,

While checking up my system I found that the log file
/var/log/mgetty.cuaa1 grows up rapidely. Is has reached a size now
over 850 MB and is still growing...

It seems, because modem is not turned on all the time mgetty writes
all errors to this files.

What shall I do?
How do I disable logging of mgetty?
How do I decreased the size of /var/log/mgetty.cuaa1?
Remove?

TIA
C.

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Carsten Huettl

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by **t..** » Fri, 29 Jan 1999 04:00:00

Quote:>Hello,

>While checking up my system I found that the log file
>/var/log/mgetty.cuaa1 grows up rapidely. Is has reached a size now
>over 850 MB and is still growing...

>It seems, because modem is not turned on all the time mgetty writes
>all errors to this files.

This is usually due to a flaky serial port - when the DTR line is dropped the port
should be silent and gettys suspended. Some ports don't, though, and getty just
keeps banging out a loing prompt.

You might try unplugging the modem in addition to turning it off and see what
happens.

Ted

by **Berend de Boe** » Tue, 09 Feb 1999 04:00:00

Carsten Huettl schreef:

Quote:> It seems, because modem is not turned on all the time mgetty writes
> all errors to this files.

> What shall I do?
> How do I disable logging of mgetty?

I think you can compile mgetty with syslog logging, so log files can be
tuned.

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Groetjes,

Berend. (-: