Re: system messages in all windows

[Georges Heinesch <ghmlist%ibm.net@localhost>]

Quoting Ignatios Souvatzis (18-Aug-98 20:12:59):

>> When 'system messages' (e.g. failed logins) are displayed while
>> running X in multiple windows, they are displayed in *all* windows!
>> However, iirc, they should only be printed in xterm windows started
>> with the '-C' (console) option. This doesn't seem to work properly
>> in twm using xterm.
>> 
>> Should 'system messages' only be printed in '-C' started xterm
>> windows or in all xterm windows?

> Depends.

> xterm -C is a console.

None of the xterms are started in xinitrc

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twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login
----- cut here -----

> However, depending on how you configured /etc/syslog.conf, some
> classes of messages might be forwarded to every root, or every
> member of the "operator" group, in addition to or instead of
> reaching the console or one of the log files.

> See man syslogd.

I looked also at syslog.conf(5). However, I had trouble to identify
whether the reason for the prinint to all xterm windows is
syslog.conf.

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*.err;kern.*;auth.notice;authpriv.none;mail.crit /dev/console
*.info;auth,authpriv,cron,ftp,kern,lpr,mail.none /var/log/messages
kern.debug                                       /var/log/messages
auth,authpriv.info                               /var/log/authlog
cron.info                                        /var/cron/log
ftp.info                                         /var/log/xferlog
lpr.info                                         /var/log/lpd-errs
mail.info                                        /var/log/maillog
#uucp.info                                       /var/spool/uucp/ERRORS
*.emerg                                          *
*.notice;auth.debug                              root
----- cut here -----

The first entry shows the messages going to the console. But this imho
doesn't explain why every xterm window (again, none is started with
-C) shows the system messages.

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