Strange messages in syslog

[Gain Paolo Mureddu]

Dave Jones wrote:

>On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 05:09:07PM -0600, Gain Paolo Mureddu wrote:
> 
> > Mar 23 16:55:01 Blackhawk crond(pam_unix)[6028]: session opened for user root by (uid=0)
> > Mar 23 16:55:01 Blackhawk crond(pam_unix)[6028]: session closed for user root
>                             ^^^^^
> 
> > As you can see the session lasts less than a second. What does this 
> > mean? Are these processes that require root access that open the session 
> > and as soon as these services are done, close it??
>
>It's cron.
>
> > PS: I know this may not be the best place to post this, if so, what 
> > would be the best place to post this?
>
>fedora-list at redhat.com
>
>		Dave
>
>  
>
Thaks Dave... I know I should have paid more attention to the messages ;)