Logs flooding on system console
Issue
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Kernel log messages appearing on the system console
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Firewall log messages appearing on the system console
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Unable to type username and password on the login screen as logs are flooding on the screen
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Below error is seen in journal logs / messages:
action '*' treated as ':omusrmsg:*' - please use ':omusrmsg:*' syntax instead
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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