Re: [cobalt-users] [Mips]HELP! Can't turn off IPX & Appletalk Logging

[Mike Vanecek <nospam99@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:17:43 -0800, "James Hoaggs" <james_hoaggs@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

:>Hello, I've tried every thing to turn off the logging feature for IPX
:>and Appletalk and still get these messages every 15 minutes:

:>
:>Nov 8 21:25:04 ns2 kernel: Swansea University Computer Society IPX
:>  0.34
:>NET 3.035
:>Nov 8 21:25:04 ns2 kernel: IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera,
:>  Inc.
:>Nov 8 21:45:11 ns2 proftpd[22709]: ns2.***.com (ns2.***.com[%%%.^^^.&.###])
:> - FTP session closed.
:> Nov 8 21:54:40 ns2 kernel: Swansea University Computer Society IPX
:>  0.34
:>for NET3.035
:>Nov 8 21:54:40 ns2 kernel: IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera,
:>  Inc.
:> Nov 8 21:45:11 ns2 in.proftpd[22709]: connect from %%%.^^^.&.###
:> Nov 8 21:45:12 ns2 in.qpopper[22712]: connect from %%%.^^^.&.###
:> Nov 8 21:45:13 ns2 in.imapd[22713]: connect from %%%.^^^.&.###
:> Nov 8 21:45:12 ns2 in.imapd[22713]: imap service init from %%%.^^^.&.###
:> Nov 8 21:45:12 ns2 in.imapd[22713]: Logout user=Active_monitor host=UNKNOWN
:> Now when following instructions in the archives to turn off
:> the Apple Talk and IPX by going into /ect/conf.modules and adding an
:> "off" suffix like this:
:> alias net-pf-4 ipx off
:> alias net-pf-5 appletalk off
:> My loggs are totally hosed; I now get 30 pairs of these instead every
:>15 minutes:
:> Nov 9 09:15:03 qube modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4
:> Nov 9 09:15:03 qube modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5

I have this in my /etc/conf.modules on a !Qube2!  (with all patches installed)
and it works OK

# alias net-pf-4 ipx
alias net-pf-4 off
# alias net-pf-5 appletalk
alias net-pf-5 off

It has been a while since I did it, but as I remember I had to restart
something (?syslog) or reboot before it would work. If a reboot is needed,
please post a reply so that I can put it in my archives in case the question
comes up again.

I also changed /etc/crontab to

# Monitor services to make sure everything is still okay.
#0,15,30,45 * * * * root /usr/local/sbin/monitor 
# Let's do it every 30 minutes instead and see what happens
0,30 * * * * root /usr/local/sbin/monitor

so that the monitor is done every 30 minutes rather than every 15 minutes.

:>
:>Is there anyway to safely remove the loadable device drivers or modules
:>for IPX and Appletalk without hosing the system?  What files can we safely
:>remove, such as the appletalk and IPX .o files so that it is removed
:>from the system?
:>Thanks a million,