This is done by the syslogd daemon. You can configure the frequency with the -m <interval> switch. The default is 20 minutes (which is exactly what you're seeing). When you set it to "0", the marks are turned off. Karl Heinz On Mon, Jan 03, 2000 at 04:38:44AM -0800, Chrissy LeMaire wrote:
Anyone have any ideas about this? Perhaps I'm not used to a not-so-active machine..but it seems I have way too many "mark"s in my /var/log/messages file -- 1289 since dec 1
Jan 3 00:00:05 box su: (to nobody) root on none Jan 3 00:16:57 box -- MARK -- Jan 3 00:36:57 box -- MARK -- Jan 3 00:56:57 box -- MARK -- Jan 3 01:16:57 box -- MARK -- Jan 3 01:36:57 box -- MARK -- Jan 3 01:56:57 box -- MARK -- Jan 3 02:16:57 box -- MARK -- Jan 3 02:36:57 box -- MARK -- Jan 3 02:56:57 box -- MARK -- Jan 3 03:16:57 box -- MARK -- Jan 3 03:36:57 box -- MARK -- Jan 3 03:56:57 box -- MARK -- Jan 3 04:16:57 box -- MARK --
etc etc etc
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