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That seems to be a poor subject for my question, so I reposted with |
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something more descriptive... |
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On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 07:17:41PM -0500, Michael George wrote: |
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> About a week ago I noticed a couple entries in /var/log/messages (as |
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> reported by logwatch) that seemed odd. They have appeared a couple |
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> times since, but they don't appear at the same time in the logfile, but |
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> I think they happen on the same day. |
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> One of the entries is a Usage: message from dhcp, as though something |
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> tried to restart the DHCP server. |
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> The other is "Re-execs of init: 1 times". I found some references to |
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> this on the 'net, but generally when discussing prelink. I don't have |
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> prelink installed, though. |
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> |
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> I've checked the log file and nothing interesting happens just before or |
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> just after these messages. I can't find any mention of dhcp or init in |
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> any of the cron files or logrotate files that might be starting it. |
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> There are no entries in /var/spool/cron/crontabs that might be doing it. |
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> |
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> Has someone cracked my system? |
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-M |
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There are 10 kinds of people in this world: |
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Those who can count in binary and those who cannot. |
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