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Author: Daniel McAferty
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Subject: MARK in /var/log/messages
To turn off the marking
set "syslogd -m 0"

otherwise it marks each 20 minutes I think.
Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Jim
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 2:05 PM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: MARK in /var/log/messages
>
>
> I am getting a lot of "MARK" messages on several of my Debian boxes. I
> have read that they are heartbeat type messages for syslog saying
> everything is running well, but I have never noticed them until
> recently, is this really normal or is there a problem with my system?
>
>
>
> Jan 9 10:51:16 sid -- MARK --
> Jan 9 11:11:16 sid -- MARK --
> Jan 9 11:31:16 sid -- MARK --
> Jan 9 11:51:16 sid -- MARK --
> Jan 9 12:11:16 sid -- MARK --
> Jan 9 12:31:16 sid -- MARK --
> Jan 9 12:51:16 sid -- MARK --
> Jan 9 13:11:16 sid -- MARK --
> Jan 9 13:31:16 sid -- MARK --
> Jan 9 13:51:16 sid -- MARK --
>
>
> Jim
>
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