which is a new thing anyway.. i used to just trust syslog to stay
running.. *sigh* welcome linux to the NT style of doing things.

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben at nerp.net)

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On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Adam Maloney wrote:

> 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?
> > 
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