Re: log file full of "-- MARK --"

[Graeme Mathieson <graeme+from@mathie.cx>]

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Hi,

Oswald Buddenhagen <ob6@inf.tu-dresden.de> writes:

> > /var/messages has a "-- MARK --" every 20 minutes; why?
> > 
> to show, that the system lives. :)
> if you don't like it, then supply "-m 10000" to syslogd

<pedant>
... which will produce a -- MARK -- every 10,000 minutes (nearly every
7 days).  If you want to switch it off, supply "-m 0" to syslogd.
</pedant>

- -- 
Graeme.
graeme+sig@mathie.cx

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