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I usually keep my computer turned off.
Last night I had it on but, I was not
online at the time and I have things
set up such that unless I am online,
my router does not show the local network
indicator as being engaged or lit up.
I noticed that that light was in fact on
even though I was NOT logged in and
there was no connection between the
computer and the router.
==========================================
I went looking around and found this;
Applications>System>System Log
Jan 20 00:14:16 "my system name" --MARK--
==========================================
Does this mean that someone has been using
my wireless router network to surf the net?
(There were several of these entries in my logs.)
Please do get back to me as such
things are NOT the way I want my system to be!
what's actually wrong? your ethernet connection simply isn't working? i don't see what you're actually concerned about. the MARK line is just your syslog service proving it's still working.
what's actually wrong? your ethernet connection simply isn't working? i don't see what you're actually concerned about. the MARK line is just your syslog service proving it's still working.
Acid,
I was not aware that was the meaning of that line of code.
I thought it meant someone named Mark was trying to hack my system.
Thank you for allaying my concerns!
(Once again, ya learn something new everyday!)
Namaste'
Scot
Mebbe you should check in the closets and under the bed. You know, just in case.
David,
Thanks for the injection of humor!
Let's face it, I am new to this OS
and there are ALOT of things I do not know.
I will keep my eyes and ears open for
the boogeyman!
Namaste'
Scot
Distribution: Ubuntu, Debian, Various using VMWare
Posts: 2,088
Rep:
The "Mark" line in the system log is very useful. If your computer crashes at some time, you can get an approximate time that it happened and it will help you to narrow down what occurred. This is particularly the case if the events that caused the crash have not been logged.
The "Mark" line in the system log is very useful. If your computer crashes at some time, you can get an approximate time that it happened and it will help you to narrow down what occurred. This is particularly the case if the events that caused the crash have not been logged.
--Ian
IBall,
Thank you for teaching me more!
I a really quite happy I made the move to Linux.
Namaste'
Scot
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