On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 14:11, Mario Flores wrote: > Hi: > > Since day 1 I installed debian, I see the following in the > /var/log/messages: > > Jul 28 21:01:08 woody -- MARK -- > Jul 28 21:21:08 woody -- MARK -- > Jul 28 21:41:08 woody -- MARK -- > > and they repeat every single hour at the exact same intervals. Does > anyone know what they mean and how can I stop them?
They are there so that you can be sure the syslogd daemon is still running. Without these, if syslogd failed you wouldn't be able to tell from the log files. And as syslogd is often part of the security infrastructure of a server, that's not good. I believe syslogd can also log to remote servers, so these mark messages would be extra-useful then. man syslogd for more info, particularly the -m option. syslogd is started by /etc/init.d/sysklogd (note the k). So you can edit this file to pass whatever -m option you want; zero disables these messages. The /var/log/messages file is automatically archived, so I don't see why you would want to disable the mark messages. Regards, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
