%general-entities; ]> Configuring the sysklogd script sysklogd configuring The sysklogd script invokes the syslogd program with the option. This option turns off the periodic timestamp mark that syslogd writes to the log files every 20 minutes by default. If you want to turn on this periodic timestamp mark, edit the sysklogd script and make the changes accordingly. See man syslogd for more information.