On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Lee Wilson wrote:
> I've noticed a few odd things in my logs and in my port usage, and I'm curious
> if these are normal and if so, what causes them. I am using Linux-Mandrake 6.0
> (with updates)
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> 1) In /var/log/messages I am getting at seemingly random intervals a message
> that says, simply
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> Sep 26 07:39:03 ad1440 -- MARK --
Check those times it's not random.. then man syslogd /marker
> This is happening on 3 different machines, so I am assuming it is normal. But I
> cannot for the life of me figure out what it's for, why it's being put there, or
> what is doing it.
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> 2) I am noticing random ports between 980-989 and 1000-1024 being used as
> LISTENer ports. I cannot find any entries in /etc/services for these ports and
> don't know of a way to track down what process ID is using a specific port.
> This is also happening on all 3 boxes, so I think it's probably normal.
> Nonetheless, I'd like to know what is causing it.
lsof -i, will identify whats useing what tcp ports.
> If anyone knows anything about either of these issues, I would really appreciate
> some help. Thanks in advance!
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