Get rid of the message: session opened for user

[Kevin Wilson]

Hi,
> I'm curious - why?
The reason is quite simple:
I am a kernel developer and sometimes ssh into my machine in
several ssh sessions, many times during work sessions I monitor the
kernel log by tail -f /var/log/messages, and any clutter of text
simply distracts me and is not needed as I am working in an isolated
LAN in a LAB, there is no outside access and no risk of penetration.
I am sure there is a way to avoid this messages.

Any ideas anyone?


regards,
Kevin

On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Pete Travis <lists at petetravis.com> wrote:
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> On 08/30/2014 08:58 AM, Kevin Wilson wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Thanks. I checked all three options Rick suggested and none of them
>> worked.
>> Does anybody know about a solution which works ?
>>
>> regards,
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 10:57 PM, Rick Stevens <ricks at alldigital.com>
> wrote:
>>> On 08/21/2014 11:33 AM, Kevin Wilson issued this missive:
>>>
>>>> HI,
>>>> Each time I ssh with a putty client from windows to Linux Fedora 20, I
>>>> get the following
>>>> messages in the /var/log/messages file:
>>>> sshd[772]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user xxx by
>>>> (uid=yyy)
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to prevent this messages ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Try editing /etc/ssh/sshd_config. set "LogLevel" to "QUIET", "FATAL"
>>> or "ERROR" (default is "INFO") and restart sshd via "systemctl restart
>>> sshd.service"
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>
> Hey Kevin,
>
> I'm curious - why?  I've found these messages to be very useful when
> troubleshooting or auditing remote connection attempts.  If you're
> looking at the logs and only want to see messages from a specific
> service, you can simply filter based on your needs at the time, ie
> `journalctl --since today --unit NetworkManager`.
>
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