What is the --MARK-- ?

Matthew A Brodycz (maxcomp4u@juno.com)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 00:28:06 -0600


I have checked atrun and cron and neither of the job schedulers have
anything running (to the best of my LIMITED knowledge.) I keep getting
lines like this in my /var/.../messages file.

Jan 2 19:53:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 2 20:13:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 2 20:33:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 2 20:53:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 2 21:13:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 2 21:33:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 2 21:53:18 ServerX-- MARK --
Jan 2 22:13:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 2 22:33:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 2 22:53:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 2 23:13:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 2 23:33:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 2 23:53:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 3 00:13:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 3 00:33:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 3 00:33:47 ServerX in.telnetd[931]: connect from 192.168.XX.XX
Jan 3 00:33:53 ServerX in.telnetd[933]: connect from 192.168.XX.XX
Jan 3 00:33:57 ServerX login[934]: User LOGIN on `ttyp1' from
`AAAAA.BBBBB.com'
Jan 3 00:34:07 ServerX login[932]: User LOGIN on `ttyp0' from
`AAAAA.BBBBB.com'
Jan 3 00:53:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 3 01:13:18 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 3 01:33:19 ServerX -- MARK --
Jan 3 01:53:19 ServerX -- MARK --

Heh, I understand the telnet daemon and logins, but what I cannot figure
out is what the hell `--MARK--` < is?
It comes every 20 minutes? And only when the computer is not being used.
I mean only when a user is logged in
and "away" from the terminal or the telnet is sitting in the background
in Windows.

I thought that it might have something to do with SAMBA, but I have read
the docs and seen nothing which discusses this.
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