[SOLVED] wierd entry in /var/log/messages file

[Suramya]

Hi Everyone,

I was looking through my log files today when I noticed that my messages log is filled with the following message which is repeated every 20 mins.

Oct 28 23:16:22 StarKnight -- MARK --
Oct 28 23:36:22 StarKnight -- MARK --
Oct 28 23:56:22 StarKnight -- MARK --

StarKnight is the machine's hostname. This is a hdd install of Knopix which was upgraded to the latest testing debian using apt-get. I am using kernel ver 2.6.5 #1 SMP.

The machine is fully patched as of yesterday. I tried searching for the error on the web but didnt find anything useful.

Any idea what these messages mean?

Thanks in advance for your help.

- Suramya

[bathory]

This is default syslog behavior. If you want ot stop it then adding "-m 0" to the invokation line
of syslogd will stop syslog markings. "-m n" will place a mark every n
minutes.

[ph34r]

Some dude named Mark has h4x0r3d your box!




No, actually, the first reply was correct. Just a way of letting you know log daemons are still running....

[Suramya]

thanks for the quick reply. Now I can rest easy knowing that my computer is not doing anything that it shouldn't be.

- Suramya

[infiniphunk]

heh heh, you're not the only one who has raised an eyebrow at this one; first time I saw that I wondered if I had been "h4x0r3d" as well.
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