preventing log_on_success in xinetd

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I'd like to prevent a particular xinetd check from logging START/EXIT messages as it's a lot of logging I don't need.

Is ther a way to set log_on_success = NONE or something? I'm able to find ways of adding/removing individual items from the check, but not preventing success logging entirely.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '16 at 15:50

Just to add some context, be aware that many Xinetd configurations now have cumulative log settings by default- meaning that service-based log settings are appended to the default settings in /etc/xinetd.conf. You will see this if the configs use += instead of = to assign their log_on_success and log_on_failure settings.

The quick fix is to either use = in your service-based configs under /etc/xinetd.d/ to override the defaults, or else you can blank out the default settings for log_on_success or log_on_failure in /etc/xinetd.conf and let the service-based configs "append" their own settings as-needed.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 03 '13 at 16:08

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If you want to prevent the logging of a particular xinetd service entirely simply redirect the log to /dev/null?

{
  ...
  log_type = FILE /dev/null 
}

answered Dec 03 '13 at 16:08

HBruijn

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I'd like to keep the `log_on_failure` if at all possible. – ceejayoz Dec 03 '13 at 16:10

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 14 '14 at 16:20

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{
    ...
    log_on_success =
}

answered Oct 14 '14 at 16:20

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