Folks, this is syslogd telling you that it is up and runnning every twenty minutes.
You can set it off and on and the intervall length in /etc/syslogd.conf Marcus On Fri, Jul 10, 1998 at 10:26:38AM -0400, Mark H. Mabry wrote: > >>>>> "dpk" == dpk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>> wrote the following on Fri, 10 Jul 1998 08:29:55 -0400 (EDT) > > dpk> I have a long /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog contain > dpk> the following. Can any one tell me what is the cause? Thanks > > dpk> .... > dpk> Jul 5 10:28:19 superman -- MARK -- > dpk> Jul 5 10:48:19 superman -- MARK -- > > I don't have the answer, but am interested to know as I have this > also. I was confused because my username on my machine _IS_ "mark". I > thought it might be telling who was logged in. I'm guessing that your > user name is not "mark" though :-). > > Mark Mabry Tel: (978)250-3344 x264 > Avici Systems Inc. Fax: (978)250-3377 > 12 Elizabeth Dr., Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chelmsford,MA 01824 Web: http://www.avici.com/ > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null