Re: [Sheflug] Wierd entry in /var/log/messages

[Richard Lowe <nospam [at] richlowe.demon.co.uk>]

* Barrie Bremner (baz [at] barriebremner.com) wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm getting entries like the excerpt below on a couple of hosts (one
> RH7.1, one Debian 2.2r3) on my network:
> 
> Jun 24 18:43:22 photon -- MARK --
> Jun 24 19:03:22 photon -- MARK --
> Jun 24 19:23:22 photon -- MARK --
> Jun 24 19:43:22 photon -- MARK --
> Jun 24 20:03:22 photon -- MARK --
> Jun 24 20:23:22 photon -- MARK --
> Jun 24 20:43:22 photon -- MARK --
> Jun 24 21:03:22 photon -- MARK --
> Jun 24 21:23:22 photon -- MARK --
> Jun 24 21:43:22 photon -- MARK --
> 
> Any idea what is causing it? I can't think of any reason.
> 

 From `man syslogd`

   -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.
              Setting the interval to zero turns it off entirely.

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