*- Greg Starkes wrote about "/var/log/messages"
|
| When I watch /var/log/messages i see the following
|
| Aug 26 18:51:45 greyhawk -- MARK --
| Aug 26 19:11:45 greyhawk -- MARK --
| Aug 26 19:31:45 greyhawk -- MARK --
| <snip>
| Aug 26 21:31:45 greyhawk -- MARK --
| Aug 26 22:11:45 greyhawk -- MARK --
| Aug 26 22:31:45 greyhawk -- MARK --
| <ad nausiem>
|
| As you can see, this happens every 20 minutes. What is doing this? It is a
| pain when I am tailing this file.
|
% man syslogd
SYSKLOGD(8) Linux System Administration SYSKLOGD(8)
NAME
sysklogd - Linux system logging utilities.
SYNOPSIS
syslogd [ -d ] [ -f config file ] [ -h ] [ -l hostlist ] [
-m interval ] [ -n ] [ -p socket ] [ -r ] [ -s domainlist
] [ -v ]
[snip]
-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.
[snip]
It lets you know the machine is alive and kicking, especially for remote
monitoring.
--
Brian
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