john mckenna <pikiwiki@hushmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 07:25:24 -0400, Randy Yates wrote:
>
>> Aug 26 04:10:46 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
>>
>> Why was the log restarted? I was sound asleep, so it wasn't me.
>>
>> Pointers/ideas/education appreciated.
>
>
>
> cron runs daily at 04:02 AM by default. the script
> /etc/cron.daily/logrotate is the responsible party.
> After certain logfiles are rotated, ie: messages,
> <logrotate> restarts <syslogd>

Thanks John. That simple response explains everything.
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