On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 05:55:22PM -0700, John Magolske wrote: > After a recent `aptitude dist-upgrade` I'm getting syslog messages > flooding the console, pages & pages of "Asset Found" stuff like: > > Message from syslogd@mymachine at Sep 23 13:46:11 ... > ... Asset Found: IP Address - 16.20.3.0 / MAC Address - > 0:00:00:00:00:00#012[*] > Asset Found: IP Address - 26.20.3.0 / MAC Address - 0:00:00:00:00:00#012[*] > Asset Found: IP Address - 34.20.3.0 / MAC Address - 0:00:00:00:00:00#012[*] > ...
According to a search (http://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=Asset+Found), these messages come from pads (which apt describes as standing for Passive Asset Detection System). I would suggest trying the following: * Review the documentation to see if there's a quiet mode * See if the output can be logged directly to a file instead of syslog * See if the priority of the syslog messages can be reduced. I suspect the program is logging with an emergency or similar priority and your syslogd is helpfully forwarding that to the console (because you typically DO want those high-priority messages sent to someone). > > In the past when issues like this came up I edited /etc/sysctl.conf > and un-commented the kernel.printk line like so: > > # Uncomment the following to stop low-level messages on console > kernel.printk = 3 4 1 3 > > then reloaded with: > > sysctl -p > > which did the trick...until now. So I also tried (as root): > > dmesg -n 1 > echo "dmesg -n 1" >> /etc/init.d/rc.local > > Also tried "kernel.printk=1" per the following: > > > Put "kernel.printk=1" in /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf. > > > >> Does this mean that the messages were not coming via systemd? > >> > >>> They were coming from the kernel onto the console. systemd(-journald) > >>> was/is logging them. > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=186108 > > All to no avail...still those "Asset Found" messages barfed all over > the screen from time to time. Any suggestions as to how this might be > fixed? > > This is on Debian Sid, and I do have systemd-shim installed. > > Regards, > > John > > -- > John Magolske > http://B79.net/contact > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140924005522.ga30...@s70206.gridserver.com >
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