Turning Off Logging

Problem

You no longer want to record system log messages in a file.

Solution

To stop recording system log messages, mark the configuration statements so that they do not take effect:

[edit system syslog] aviva@router1# deactivate system syslog file messages aviva@router1# commit

Discussion

The best way to stop recording system log messages to a particular logging file is to deactivate that portion of the configuration. Doing this leaves the configuration statements in the configuration but marks them as inactive:

[edit system syslog] aviva@router1# show inactive: file messages { any notice; archive world-readable; explicit-priority; }

If you type the show command one level lower in the configuration hierarchy, you see an even longer reminder that this portion of the configuration has been deactivated:

[edit system syslog file messages] aviva@router1# show ## ## inactive: file messages ##

Another way to turn off logging is to delete the configuration statements from the configuration:

[edit system syslog] aviva@router1# delete system syslog file messages aviva@router1# commit

The advantage of deactivating rather than deleting is that you can still see the configuration statements. If the problem you were investigating recurs later, you can remove the inactive: tag to start collecting those system log messages again:

[edit system syslog] aviva@router1# activate system syslog file messages aviva@router1# commit