a.bridge wrote regarding '[SLE] Log File Entries' on Mon, Jan 24 at 16:02:
I think I may have a problem with probing on my ProFtpd server. The log files are showing:
/USR/SBIN/CRON[7835]: (root) CMD ( rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly)
Jan 22 20:22:02 linux -- MARK -- Jan 22 20:42:02 linux -- MARK -- Jan 22 20:59:00 linux /USR/SBIN/CRON[7910]: (root) CMD ( rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly)
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I'm a newbie to linux, this is why I'm asking.
Oh crap, I've got it too! Jan 24 00:59:00 newwww /USR/SBIN/CRON[3551]: (root) CMD ( rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly) Jan 24 01:59:00 newwww /USR/SBIN/CRON[11876]: (root) CMD ( rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly) Jan 24 02:59:00 newwww /USR/SBIN/CRON[20231]: (root) CMD ( rm -f /var/spool/cron/lastrun/cron.hourly) Actually, that's just cron cleaning up after itself. The script is coped into lastrun, run, and then removed. It's normal. The MARK lines are explained in the man page referred to in the other post - it's just to let a largely idle server (with regards to syslog activity) notify you that yes, the syslog daemon is still running. --Danny, who generally turns the mark interval down (or off)