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 -- "Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask. You are a flatulent pain in the arse." -- Morrissey. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
