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From: Adv. Systems Design <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, January 07, 2000 4:08 PM
Subject: strange entries in /var/log/messages


>I keep getting these in /var/log/messages and can't
>figure out whats causing it (3 every hour, every day)
>
>Jan  7 11:15:58 mecha -- MARK --
>Jan  7 11:35:58 mecha -- MARK --
>Jan  7 11:55:58 mecha -- MARK --
>Jan  7 12:15:58 mecha -- MARK --
>Jan  7 12:35:58 mecha -- MARK --
>Jan  7 12:55:58 mecha -- MARK --
>
Saw an answer to this question about a month ago now.  It's normal for
syslogd to put a -MARK- in the messages file to let you know its still
running.  I think you can set how often, or whether or not it even does
this.  Check out man syslogd.  Hope this helps.

Jeff Hogg


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