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Date:      Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:32:14 +0400
From:      "Gene Sokolov" <hook@aktrad.ru>
To:        <freebsd@blink.dhs.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Message "--MARK--" on the console.
Message-ID:  <003801bee32c$6048c300$0d8cdac3@aktrad.ru>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908100807340.94192-100000@nowcool.com>

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> "mark" is one of the "facilities" that you can define/undefine in
> /etc/syslog.conf
> try man 5 syslog.conf
>
> if it bothers you, you can add ";mark.none" on the line that defines
> syslog output messages to /dev/console.
>
> FYI, man says:
> "
>  The special facility ``mark'' receives a message at priority ``info'' ev-
>  ery 20 minutes (see syslogd(8)).  This is not enabled by a facility field
>  containing an asterisk.
>
>  The special level ``none'' disables a particular facility.

It does not appear every 20 minutes. It appears once in a month or so. Here
is the line from my /etc/syslog.conf:

*.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit          /dev/console

Seems to me no --MARK-- should appear on the console.

Gene Sokolov



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