Re: [expert] "-- MARK --" in /var/log/messages
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Re: [expert] "-- MARK --" in /var/log/messages
Stew Benedict wrote: > > Actually, syslogd does write all of it. There is a very good explanation > of why in the latest Server/Workstation Expert magazine. If each process > touched that file, you'd have a real mess as multiple apps tried to append > to the same file. That's why syslogd was created. > [snip] > > > > Thanks. I'd have *never* thought to look in the man page. > > Stuff is written in /var/log/messages from so many sources, > > who'da thunk that syslogd does it? > > > > In hindsight, though, since a process name isn't listed, I should > > have realized (by process of elimination) that syslogd does it. Sorry, my grammar was blurry. I know that only syslogd writes to /var/log/messages. Instead of "Stuff is written in /var/log/messages from so many sources", I should have said, "So many different processes tell syslogd to write messages". What is this "Server/Workstation Expert" magazine? Do they have a URL? Ron -- +--+ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA WWW : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | Most overused words: feel, cool/kewl, fun, myBlah.com| | Most underused word: think | +--+ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] "-- MARK --" in /var/log/messages
Actually, syslogd does write all of it. There is a very good explanation of why in the latest Server/Workstation Expert magazine. If each process touched that file, you'd have a real mess as multiple apps tried to append to the same file. That's why syslogd was created. Stew Benedict On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Ron Johnson, Jr. wrote: > David Mihm wrote: > > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Ron Johnson, Jr. wrote: > > > > > As you can see, these are logged every 20 minutes, and it's been > > > happening since the beginning of the machine. What causes this, > > > and can I or should I turn this off? > > > > > > Sep 20 01:52:31 rebel -- MARK -- > > > > >From the man page for 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. > > > > ... from someone who writes man pages, man pages are your friend. :) > > > > Thanks. I'd have *never* thought to look in the man page. > Stuff is written in /var/log/messages from so many sources, > who'da thunk that syslogd does it? > > In hindsight, though, since a process name isn't listed, I should > have realized (by process of elimination) that syslogd does it. > > Ron > -- > +--+ > | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Jefferson, LA USA WWW : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | | > | Most overused words: feel, cool/kewl, fun, myBlah.com| > | Most underused word: think | > +--+ > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] "-- MARK --" in /var/log/messages
David Mihm wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Ron Johnson, Jr. wrote: > > > As you can see, these are logged every 20 minutes, and it's been > > happening since the beginning of the machine. What causes this, > > and can I or should I turn this off? > > > > Sep 20 01:52:31 rebel -- MARK -- > > >From the man page for 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. > > ... from someone who writes man pages, man pages are your friend. :) > Thanks. I'd have *never* thought to look in the man page. Stuff is written in /var/log/messages from so many sources, who'da thunk that syslogd does it? In hindsight, though, since a process name isn't listed, I should have realized (by process of elimination) that syslogd does it. Ron -- +--+ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA WWW : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | Most overused words: feel, cool/kewl, fun, myBlah.com| | Most underused word: think | +--+ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] "-- MARK --" in /var/log/messages
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Ron Johnson, Jr. wrote: > As you can see, these are logged every 20 minutes, and it's been > happening since the beginning of the machine. What causes this, > and can I or should I turn this off? > > Sep 20 01:52:31 rebel -- MARK -- >From the man page for 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. ... from someone who writes man pages, man pages are your friend. :) -- | d a v i d @ m i h m | dmihm @ swbell.net | webmaster @ afterstep.org | ftpmaster @ afterstep.org | dmihm @ rchitecture.com | www.rchitecture.com -- Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] "-- MARK --" in /var/log/messages
Hello, As you can see, these are logged every 20 minutes, and it's been happening since the beginning of the machine. What causes this, and can I or should I turn this off? Sincerely, Ron Sep 20 01:52:31 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 02:11:16 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 02:31:16 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 02:51:16 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 03:31:17 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 03:51:17 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 04:31:17 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 05:11:16 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 05:31:16 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 05:51:16 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 06:31:17 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 06:51:17 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 07:11:17 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 07:31:17 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 07:51:17 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 08:11:18 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 08:31:18 rebel -- MARK -- Sep 20 08:51:18 rebel -- MARK -- -- +--+ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA WWW : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | Most overused words: feel, cool/kewl, fun, myBlah.com| | Most underused word: think | +--+ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
