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Re: - MARK --



Oh, cool, I always wanted to know why I was getting those messages!
And now I see why our production server does not show this behavior
(it is always busy logging mail and lots of other things like DNS zone
transfers, etc.)

peloy.-

dpk <dpk@egr.msu.edu> wrote:
>    I have a long /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog contain the
>    following. Can any one tell me what is the cause?  
>    Thanks
>    
>    ....
>    Jul  5 10:28:19 superman -- MARK --
>    Jul  5 10:48:19 superman -- MARK --
> 
> From the manpage: 
> 
>       -m interval
>         The syslogd logs a mark timestamp regularly.  The
>         default interval between two -- MARK -- lines is 20
>         minutes. This can be changed with this option.
> 
> If syslogd does not write any information within 20 minutes to
> logfiles, it will mark a timestamp - intended to let you know that
> syslogd is running.
> 
> Dennis
> --
> Dennis Kelly <dpk@egr.msu.edu>             |  phone: 353.4844   
> Network Admin, College of Engineering, MSU |  pager: 222.5875


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Eloy A. Paris
Information Technology Department
Rockwell Automation Venezuela
Telephone: +58-2-9432311 Fax: +58-2-9431645


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