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opensuse v13.2

There is a lot of this in the messages log; a new entry every 15 minutes.

What is this about?

2015-05-26T16:45:01.245081-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 0...
2015-05-26T16:45:01.278938-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Starting Paths.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.279744-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Reached target Paths.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.280637-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Reached target Timers.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.281290-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Starting Sockets.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.281964-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Reached target Sockets.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.282548-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Starting Basic System.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.283055-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Reached target Basic System.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.283628-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Reached target Default.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.283984-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Startup finished in 14ms.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.330768-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[1]: Stopping User Manager for UID 0...
2015-05-26T16:45:01.331629-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Stopping Default.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.331949-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Stopping Basic System.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.332188-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Stopped target Basic System.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.332423-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Stopped target Paths.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.332645-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Stopping Timers.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.332891-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Stopping Sockets.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.333120-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Stopped target Sockets.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.333341-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Starting Shutdown.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.333557-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[6347]: Reached target Shutdown.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.340781-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[1]: Stopped User Manager for UID 0.
2015-05-26T16:45:01.341905-07:00 sma-server3 systemd[1]: Stopping user-0.slice.
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I’ve been getting those every 15 minutes.

I ignore them.

I seem to recall seeing them in opensuse 11.3, perhaps earlier. I believe that they are from a cron job that runs every 15 minutes. The are more complicated now, because the systemd user manager process is being started each time - that maybe started at 12.3 or 13.1 if I recall.

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On 27/05/2015 2:56, nrickert wrote:
>
> jimoe666;2712226 Wrote:
>> There is a lot of this in the messages log; a new entry every 15
>> minutes.
>
> I’ve been getting those every 15 minutes.
>
> I ignore them.
>
> I seem to recall seeing them in opensuse 11.3, perhaps earlier.

11.3? No, there was no systemd then.
If you mean 13.1, then yes, I get them.

> I
> believe that they are from a cron job that runs every 15 minutes. The
> are more complicated now, because the systemd user manager process is
> being started each time - that maybe started at 12.3 or 13.1 if I
> recall.

Yes, apparently each time cron starts a job (session) systemd logs an
awful lot of text.

–
Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
(W7 - minas-morgul)

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Oh, okay. Thanks.