Re: regarding logging when running in the foreground

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Dan White wrote:
> On 05/16/14 12:12 +0300, Mike Jackson wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a way to prevent slapd from using syslog when running in the
> > foreground? I run slapd permanently under the runit process
> > supervision package with -d 256, and it already captures stderr to
> > it's own logging system. However, I also get the same log messages
> > cluttering up my syslog with local4.debug lines. Running in the
> > foreground is pretty much a requirement for using process supervision
> > and almost every service related software supports it for this reason.
> > The background logging, despite running in the foreground, is
> > undesired behavior.
>
> You could direct your syslog daemon to ignore those messages.
> Look for lines which include:

Or you could just set loglevel to 0 so no messages are produced.
> *.debug
> local4.debug
> local4.*


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