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PostPosted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:30 pm    Post subject: Cron message every 10 minutes in /var/log/message... Reply with quote

Is it really necessary to have these in the log?

Quote:
Oct 16 18:50:00 gen2 CRON[8411]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons )
Oct 16 19:00:00 gen2 CRON[8425]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons )
Oct 16 19:00:00 gen2 CRON[8428]: (root) CMD (rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly)


That's prettymuch everything I have in my log. Is it really necessary to log all this cron activity? Just wondering.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not sure if you're using syslog-ng but if you are you can put this at the end of your /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf

Code:

filter f_not_cron_test { not facility(cron) or not match("test"); };
log { source(src); filter(f_not_cron_test); destination(messages); };
log { source(src); filter(f_not_cron_test); destination(console_all); };

One/some of those lines might already be there, but you'll figure it out.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks! Yes it is syslog-ng that I have.
I added those lines. Now it's just to wait and see if those lines disappeared.
I thought that the way to do that right was to do something in cron, so that it is not reporting to syslog-ng. I wasn't thinking of just filtering the messages in syslog...

Oh there it is again. Do I have to restart syslog-ng after changing the conf-file?
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think you do have to restart it most likely.

I had the same problem when I switched loggers, I had a big log file full of cron tests.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I restarted it but I still get those messages every 10 minutes...
This is my /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:
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options {
long_hostnames(off);
sync(0);


stats(43200);
};

source src { unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal(); pipe("/proc/kmsg"); };

destination messages { file("/var/log/messages"); };

destination console_all { file("/dev/tty12"); };
/dev/tty12
# and uncomment the line below.
#destination console_all { file("/dev/console"); };

log { source(src); destination(messages); };
log { source(src); destination(console_all); };

filter f_not_cron_test { not facility(cron) or not match("test"); };
log { source(src); filter(f_not_cron_test); destination(messages); };
log { source(src); filter(f_not_cron_test); destination(console_all); };



Quote:

Oct 17 01:26:42 gen2 syslog-ng[4947]: new configuration initialized
Oct 17 01:26:42 gen2 syslog-ng[4947]: Changing permissions on special file /dev/tty12
Oct 17 01:26:42 gen2 syslog-ng[4947]: Changing permissions on special file /dev/tty12
Oct 17 01:26:42 gen2 syslog-ng[4947]: new configuration initialized
Oct 17 01:26:41 gen2 syslog-ng[4947]: SIGHUP received, restarting syslog-ng
Oct 17 01:30:00 gen2 CRON[9445]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons )


As you can see the testline is still there after the restart...
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dj_farid wrote:
I restarted it but I still get those messages every 10 minutes...
This is my /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf:
Code:

log { source(src); destination(messages); };
log { source(src); destination(console_all); };



Lose those two lines and you should be good.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great! Thanks!
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm still trying to get my head around all of this.

I've already set up a filter to have my cron output redirected to /var/log/cron.log; how do I stop the useless test -x messages being logged along with it? Is it just a matter of creating a new destination (i.e. /dev/null) and setting up a filter that greps for cron test messages? I think my problem is that I see the syntax as back-asswards; "filter not facility cron" reads to me like it's filtering everything that isn't cron.
Code:
prospero ~ # cat /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
# /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
# From the Gentoo Linux Security Guide
# http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-security.xml
# Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike License
# http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

options { long_hostnames(off); sync(0); stats(21600);};

#source where to read log
source src { unix-stream("/dev/log"); internal(); };
source kernsrc { file("/proc/kmsg"); };

#define destinations
destination authlog { file("/var/log/auth.log"); };
destination syslog { file("/var/log/syslog"); };
destination cron { file("/var/log/cron.log"); };
destination daemon { file("/var/log/daemon.log"); };
destination kern { file("/var/log/kern.log"); };
destination lpr { file("/var/log/lpr.log"); };
destination user { file("/var/log/user.log"); };
# Should be maillog (Without dot) as it was the default on logwatch
destination mail { file("/var/log/maillog"); };

destination mailinfo { file("/var/log/mail.info"); };
destination mailwarn { file("/var/log/mail.warn"); };
destination mailerr { file("/var/log/mail.err"); };

destination newscrit { file("/var/log/news/news.crit"); };
destination newserr { file("/var/log/news/news.err"); };
destination newsnotice { file("/var/log/news/news.notice"); };

destination debug { file("/var/log/debug"); };
destination messages { file("/var/log/messages"); };
destination console { usertty("root"); };
destination console_all { file("/dev/tty12"); };
destination xconsole { pipe("/dev/xconsole"); };
destination ldap { file("/var/log/ldap/slapd.log"); };

#create filters
filter f_auth { facility(auth); };
filter f_authpriv { facility(auth, authpriv); };
filter f_syslog { not facility(authpriv, mail); };
filter f_cron { facility(cron); };
filter f_daemon { facility(daemon); };
filter f_kern { facility(kern); };
filter f_lpr { facility(lpr); };
filter f_mail { facility(mail); };
filter f_user { facility(user); };
filter f_debug { not facility(auth, authpriv, news, mail); };
filter f_messages { level(info..warn)
        and not facility(auth, authpriv, mail, news); };
filter f_emergency { level(emerg); };
filter f_info { level(info); };
filter f_notice { level(notice); };
filter f_warn { level(warn); };
filter f_crit { level(crit); };
filter f_err { level(err); };
filter f_failed { match("failed"); };
filter f_denied { match("denied"); };
filter f_ldap { program("slapd"); };
# Filter for stupid cron output
filter f_cron_notest { not facility(cron) or not match("test"); };

#connect filter and destination
log { source(src); filter(f_authpriv); destination(authlog); };
log { source(src); filter(f_syslog); destination(syslog); };
log { source(src); filter(f_cron); destination(cron); };
log { source(src); filter(f_ldap); destination(ldap); };
log { source(src); filter(f_daemon); destination(daemon); };
log { source(kernsrc); filter(f_kern); destination(kern); };
log { source(src); filter(f_lpr); destination(lpr); };
log { source(src); filter(f_mail); destination(mail); };
log { source(src); filter(f_user); destination(user); };
log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_info); destination(mailinfo); };
log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_warn); destination(mailwarn); };
log { source(src); filter(f_mail); filter(f_err); destination(mailerr); };
log { source(src); filter(f_debug); destination(debug); };
log { source(src); filter(f_messages); destination(messages); };
log { source(src); filter(f_emergency); destination(console); };

#default log
log { source(src); destination(console_all); };
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

stdPikachu wrote:
I think my problem is that I see the syntax as back-asswards; "filter not facility cron" reads to me like it's filtering everything that isn't cron.

That's exactly what it's doing. :wink:

You just need to reverse your sense of "filter" in this context: filter in not filter out. The filters in syslog-ng define messages you want to accept, not ones you want to reject. So "not facility cron" accepts every message except those from the cron facility.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Doesn't that mean that if I leave these filter entries out entirely I will, by default, not log these bloody annoying cron messages? Obviously that doesn't work, but I'm failing to see how to refuse these messages with my syslog-ng setup.

I'm just about to try a "destination null { file("/dev/null"); };" to see if that'll make any difference. In the meantime, is there any reason that this cron job can't be deleted entirely from /etc/crontab? As far as I can tell all it's doing is checking that run-crons is executable; won't this always be the case?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

stdPikachu wrote:
Doesn't that mean that if I leave these filter entries out entirely I will, by default, not log these bloody annoying cron messages? Obviously that doesn't work, but I'm failing to see how to refuse these messages with my syslog-ng setup.

As long as you do not use a filter statement in your log lines think of a implicit filter like 'match everything'.

For everything else it works like

Example1: Starting with the easy one
Code:
destination test { file("/var/log/testlog"); };
filter f_test { match("foo") or match("bar"); };
log { source(src); filter(f_test); destination(test); };

logger foo - will be logged
logged bar - will be logged
logger foo bar - will be logged

pretty easy and obvious, isn't it? Ok then, lets go on

Example2: the filter line is changed to
Code:
filter like filter f_test { match("foo") or not match("bar"); };

logger foo - will be logged
logged bar - will _not_ be logged
logger foo bar - will be logged

Expected that? Ok, annother one

example3: the filter is again changed, now to read as
Code:
filter f_test { not match("foo") or not match("bar"); };

logger foo - will be logged
logged bar - will be logged
logger foo bar - will _not_ be logged

In your case what you want is
a) all messages with facility cron in the file /var/log/cron.log
b) _not_ log messages with facility cron _and_ matching the filter 'test', all others should still be logged

would give a setup like
Code:
destination test { file("/var/log/testlog"); };
filter f_test { match("foo"); };
filter f_test2 { not match("bar"); };
log { source(src); filter(f_test); filter(f_test2); destination(test); };

logger foo - will be logged
logged bar - will _not_ be logged
logger foo bar - will _not_ be logged
logger foo something - will be logged
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