[GLLUG] Re: linux-user Digest, Vol 5, Issue 6

[Ben Pfaff]

"Ex Fed" <exfed at hotmail.com> writes:

> I noticed this entry from my logcheck script.  I thought this was a
> little strange.   It appears as if the syslog demon has been restarted
> at 04:02:40 in the morning.
> 
> Could this be an indication that someone has cracked my system and
> reset the logs to cover his tracks?  Or is this normal?

It's probably an indication that a cron job rotated the log file
and restarted syslogd.  Check your crontabs.
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