That's syslogd putting a placeholder in the logfile so you know it's still running. Adam Maloney Systems Administrator Sihope Communications On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Mike Nielsen wrote: > Hey all. I can't help but notice in my /var/log/messages file > I get an entry that reads -- MARK -- evey 20 minutes on the nose. > > I'm running Slackware 7.0. And get this on a 2.2.x kernel or a 2.4 > > Any idea what that means? > > -- > > > ----------------------------- > |\/|ike at GetBent.net > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org