Re: /var/log/messages entry??
On Wed, Aug 18, 2004 at 02:40:52PM -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote:
> System is Kanotix-BH-07A (Sid based).
>
> I see entries of the form (in /var/log/messages):
>
> Aug 18 13:54:45 Hostname -- MARK --
> Aug 18 14:14:45 Hostname -- MARK --
>
> with a frequency of 20 minutes. What is the the
> significance of such entries?
This is described in "man syslog" oddly enough, and all it means is
that syslog is still running and monitoring. It's useful if you find
a long delay in your logs, and want to ensure syslog is still alive.
It cam be turned off. See the man page.
-- Thomas Adam
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