On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, srl wrote:

> A bit later, while doing something else entirely, i noticed that the logs
> had cycled; the old /var/log/messages was now /var/log/messages.1, and
> there were.. 6 or so "syslogd restarted" messages from around 4:01:20. I

        This is normal RedHat behavior.  Check /etc/cron.daily/logrotate

> Does this necessarily mean my system's been compromised? If so, is
> there any way I can tell? 

        Probably not, BUT that doesn't rule it out.  Look for strange
files, significant changes in free disk space, etc.
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