http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=928271 Bug ID: 928271 Summary: constant "pam_unix(crond:session): session closed/open for user root" message in syslog. how to turn off the noise? Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: 13.2 Hardware: Other OS: openSUSE 13.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem Assignee: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com Reporter: lyndat3@your-mail.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- On opensuse 13.2, checking /var/log/messages, there are hundreds of these log entries "pam_unix(crond:session): session closed/open for user root" grep "pam_unix(crond:session): session" /var/log/messages | egrep "open|closed" | grep " for user root" | wc -l 1094 This, at ubuntu Thousands of pam_unix log entries in logwatch https://askubuntu.com/questions/250105/thousands-of-pam-unix-log-entries-in-... suggests editing /etc/pam.d/common-session-noninteractive ... + session [success=1 default=ignore] pam_succeed_if.so service in cron quiet use_uid session required pam_unix.so ... On opensuse 13.2 there's no such file. This is useless noise. How do you quiet that logging down? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.