Re: repeated entries in /var/log/messages...

2004-07-28 Thread John Summerfield
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

Re: repeated entries in /var/log/messages...

2004-07-28 Thread Mario Flores
I really did not know what they are and thought something was going wrong. That is why I asked 'how to stop them'. But now I know, it's OK to have them :) and how to use them (just in case) Thank you for your answers, Mario. Travis Crump wrote: Mario Flores wrote: Hi: Since day 1 I installed deb

Re: repeated entries in /var/log/messages...

2004-07-28 Thread Travis Crump
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

Re: repeated entries in /var/log/messages...

2004-07-28 Thread Greg Folkert
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 22:11, 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 exac

RE: repeated entries in /var/log/messages...

2004-07-28 Thread Steven Jones
It means your log gets time stamped, personally I like it. Makes it a bit more difficult for someone to chop out parts of the log to hide things and shows the daemon is running, its not unknown for syslog to stop working. regards S -Original Message- From: Mario Flores [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: repeated entries in /var/log/messages...

2004-07-28 Thread Simon Kitching
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 exac