Back to the original thread :-)
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> From: Richard Adams[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> Sent: 30 July 1999 11:19
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> Subject: Re: -- MARK --
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> > Even better. I rebooted.
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> By doing ps ax | grep syslogd you can see if the -m0 option is attached,
> if
> not you are still startuing syslogd without options.
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I've not brought the output with me to work, so you'll have to take my word
for this:
I checked the man-page of syslogd. There really is **no** mention of
disabling this feature. BTW I'm using syslogd version 1.3-3 (SuSE 6.1;
kernel 2.2.10). Man page is for 1.3. The explanation of the -m switch says
nothing about '-m 0' disabling things.
I restarted the daemon as 'syslogd -m 0' a "-- MARK --" was logged every
30seconds!
Then I restarted as 'syslogd -m0' still logging every 30seconds...
Then I restarted without the switch again. Now the "-- MARK --" is logged
every 20~30 minutes then not for an hour or so, then again 20 or 30 minutes.
It's rather unpredictable really and I don't understand. If you really want
to see for yourself tell me and I'll bring /var/log/messages tomorrow.
Care to comment? Please do! I'm at a loss here.
Is syslogd part of the kernel distribution or is it a separate package. In
the latter case I may want to look for the source and compile it from
scratch.
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Maurice Hendrix
