Fwd: LogWatch for ns1.ogdenmuseum.org

[Rick Stevens]

Martin Wilhelm wrote:
> The default interval for MRTG is 5 minutes...to change it, go to the
> mrtg.cfg file and ADD a LINE like "interval: 60". There is usually no line
> that designates a 5-minute interval as 5 is a default.

That's for the tick marks on the display mrtg generates.  It's actually
run via an anacrontab entry in /etc/cron.d.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Rick Stevens
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 1:31 PM
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> Subject: Re: Fwd: LogWatch for ns1.ogdenmuseum.org
> 
> 
> Phil Glatz wrote:
> 
>>After a recent redhat 9 reinstall, my system messages log is filled with
>>entries like this, every five minutes:
>>
>>
>>Jan  8 00:20:00 BAS-RedHat9-NOCP CROND[563]: (root) CMD
>>(/usr/local/sbin/fix_netstorage_route)
>>Jan  8 00:20:00 BAS-RedHat9-NOCP CROND[568]: (root) CMD (/usr/bin/mrtg
>>/etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg)
> 
> 
> For the first message, you must have installed fix_netstorage_route, as
> no normal RPM installs things in /usr/local/sbin.  Check the crontab for
> the root user to see if you're launching that first script every 5
> minutes.  As root, do:
> 
> 	# crontab -l
> 
> If so, and you want to change it, edit the crontab by:
> 
> 	# crontab -e
> 
> As to the second, mrtg does run every 5 minutes.  If you don't want it
> to, disable mrtg.  That's contained in the /etc/cron.d/mrtg file.  Just
> edit it and comment out the line that starts "*/5"
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